CVE-2026-30978Public exploit

Application crash via freed profile dereference

Published Mar 10, 2026 · Updated Mar 10, 2026

Heap use-after-free in iccDEV before 2.3.1.5 allows attackers to crash a local profile-processing application with a crafted ICC profile. CIccCmm::AddXform passes the parsed CIccProfile to CIccXform::Create, which can delete it, then reads the freed object and dispatches through its invalid virtual pointer. Exploitation requires a user or local application to process the crafted profile; the demonstrated consequence is an abort and application crash.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap use-after-free in iccDEV before 2.3.1.5 allows attackers to crash a local profile-processing application with a crafted ICC profile. CIccCmm::AddXform passes the parsed CIccProfile to CIccXform::Create, which can delete it, then reads the freed object and dispatches through its invalid virtual pointer. Exploitation requires a user or local application to process the crafted profile; the demonstrated consequence is an abort and application crash.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-30978
Published
Mar 10, 2026
Updated
Mar 10, 2026
Vendor
International Color Consortium
Product
iccDEV
Classifications
CWE-672, CWE-416, CWE-825, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 2.3.1.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

International Color Consortium · iccDEVversion=< 2.3.1.5

Published CVSS scores

7.8GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
CWE-416Use After Free
CWE-825Expired Pointer Dereference
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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