What is CVE-2023-48736?

CVE-2023-48736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Color Demoiccmax, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-48736?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-48736 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Color Demoiccmax

CVE-2023-48736

In International Color Consortium DemoIccMAX 3e7948b, CIccCLUT::Interp2d in IccTagLut.cpp in libSampleICC.a has an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-11-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Color Demoiccmax — versions 2023-11-09

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/DemoIccMAX/pull/58 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48736?: CVE-2023-48736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Color Demoiccmax, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-48736?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-48736 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.