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CVE-2026-23679

libusb < 1.0.30 NULL Pointer Dereference in parse_interface()

Published: 5/27/2026 Last updated: 5/28/2026 Reserved: 1/14/2026

libusb before version 1.0.30 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB configuration descriptor where an interface claims bNumEndpoints greater than zero but is followed by a class-specific descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining buffer size, causing parse_interface() to return early without allocating the endpoint array. Attackers can exploit this flaw through libusb_get_active_config_descriptor or libusb_get_config_descriptor by providing crafted descriptors via virtualized USB passthrough, file-based descriptor parsing, or network sources, causing any application iterating over endpoints to dereference a NULL endpoint pointer and crash.

CNA assigner: VulnCheck (83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
4.0 6.9 Medium CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.1 6.2 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (2)

conf-hidapi usb

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
libusb libusb < publication

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Credits (1)