Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting InternationalColorConsortium/DemoIccMAX package, versions [,2.3.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.18% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-INTERNATIONALCOLORCONSORTIUMDEMOICCMAX-14931145
  • published14 Jan 2026
  • disclosed6 Jan 2026
  • creditDavid Hoyt

Introduced: 6 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-21674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade InternationalColorConsortium/DemoIccMAX to version 2.3.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the CIccProfileXml::ParseTag() function in the error handling path. An attacker can cause resource exhaustion by triggering repeated parsing errors that are not properly handled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1