CVE-2025-68656 - Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host HID (Human Interface Device) Driver Descriptor Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2025-68656 - Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host HID (Human Interface Device) Driver Descriptor Use-After-Free Vulnerability

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Mon, 01/12/2026 - 22:57
CVE ID : CVE-2025-68656
Published : Jan. 12, 2026, 6:15 p.m. | 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Description : Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host HID (Human Interface Device) Driver allows access to HID devices. Prior to 1.1.0, usb_class_request_get_descriptor() frees and reallocates hid_device->ctrl_xfer when an oversized descriptor is requested but continues to use the stale local pointer, leading to an immediate use-after-free when processing attacker-controlled Report Descriptor lengths. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.0.
Severity: 6.8 | MEDIUM
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