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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | libusb < 1.0.30 NULL Pointer Dereference in parse_interface() | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-27T13:21:37.035Z
Reserved: 2026-01-14T17:13:44.903Z
Link: CVE-2026-23679
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-27T14:16:44.170
Modified: 2026-05-27T14:16:44.170
Link: CVE-2026-23679
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Updated: 2026-05-27T16:30:36Z
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