CVE-2025-68622
Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host UVC Class Driver has a stack buffer overflow in UVC descriptor printing
Description
Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host UVC Class Driver allows video streaming from USB cameras. Prior to 2.4.0, a vulnerability in the esp-usb UVC host implementation allows a malicious USB Video Class (UVC) device to trigger a stack buffer overflow during configuration-descriptor parsing. When UVC configuration-descriptor printing is enabled, the host prints detailed descriptor information provided by the connected USB device. A specially crafted UVC descriptor may advertise an excessively large length. Because this value is not validated before being copied into a fixed-size stack buffer, an attacker can overflow the buffer and corrupt memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.0.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 12, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 12, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update ESP-IDF to version 2.4.0 or later.
- Ensure UVC configuration-descriptor printing is disabled if possible.
- Validate USB device descriptors before processing.
- Apply vendor-provided patches.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host UVC Class Driver allows video streaming from USB cameras. Prior to 2.4.0, a vulnerability in the esp-usb UVC host implementation allows a malicious USB Video Class (UVC) device to trigger a stack buffer overflow during configuration-descriptor parsing. When UVC configuration-descriptor printing is enabled, the host prints detailed descriptor information provided by the connected USB device. A specially crafted UVC descriptor may advertise an excessively large length. Because this value is not validated before being copied into a fixed-size stack buffer, an attacker can overflow the buffer and corrupt memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.0. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-121 Added Reference https://components.espressif.com/components/espressif/usb_host_uvc/versions/2.4.0/changelog Added Reference https://github.com/espressif/esp-usb/commit/77a38b15a17f6e3c7aeb620eb4aeaf61d5194cc0 Added Reference https://github.com/espressif/esp-usb/security/advisories/GHSA-g65h-9ggq-9827