CVE-2026-23679

Name
CVE-2026-23679
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

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

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:libusb:libusb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libusb >= None < 1.0.30

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
libusb edge-main 1.0.29-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb edge-main 1.0.28-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb edge-main 1.0.27-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb 3.23-main 1.0.29-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb 3.22-main 1.0.28-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb 3.21-main 1.0.27-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb 3.20-main 1.0.27-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libusb 3.19-main 1.0.26-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable