CVE-2026-23679

MEDIUM

libusb < 1.0.30 NULL Pointer Dereference in parse_interface()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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 v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
libusb/libusb < 1.0.30 (2 CPE variants)
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026