CVE-2026-23679

May 28, 2026, 5:16 p.m.

6.9
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Libusb
  • Libusb
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a libusb libusb / / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/libusb/libusb/commit/578ab76b4c434f8b204137ab6d7310689c7a9704
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/issues/1813
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/pull/1814
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/releases/tag/v1.0.30
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libusb-null-pointer-dereference-in-parse-interface
https://github.com/libusb/libusb/issues/1813

Tags

CWE-125
[email protected]
2026-05-27
CVE-2026-23679

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: May 27, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 28, 2026, 5:16 p.m.

Status : Modified

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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