CVE-2026-23679
libusb < 1.0.30 NULL Pointer Dereference in parse_interface()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 14, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libusblibusb |
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References
- https://github.com/libusb/libusb/releases/tag/v1.0.30release-notes
- https://github.com/libusb/libusb/issues/1813issue-tracking
- https://github.com/libusb/libusb/pull/1814issue-tracking
- https://github.com/libusb/libusb/commit/578ab76b4c434f8b204137ab6d7310689c7a9704patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libusb-null-pointer-dereference-in-parse-interfacethird-party-advisory
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