A HID report descriptor is a sequence of items, each declaring in its header how many data bytes follow. The USBX host walks that sequence by advancing over each header and parsing the data behind it.



The walk checked that an item fitted in the descriptor only **after** it had advanced past the header and parsed the payload, and the item analysis it relied on never measured the declared sizes against the bytes actually received. A HID peripheral returning a short report descriptor therefore drove a heap out-of-bounds read during ordinary enumeration.

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Description A HID report descriptor is a sequence of items, each declaring in its header how many data bytes follow. The USBX host walks that sequence by advancing over each header and parsing the data behind it. The walk checked that an item fitted in the descriptor only **after** it had advanced past the header and parsed the payload, and the item analysis it relied on never measured the declared sizes against the bytes actually received. A HID peripheral returning a short report descriptor therefore drove a heap out-of-bounds read during ordinary enumeration.
Title Out-of-bounds Read via Check-after-use in the USBX HID Report Descriptor Parser
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-1285
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse

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Updated: 2026-10-20T15:29:25.262Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T13:43:25.618Z

Link: CVE-2026-96582

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T14:17:04.833

Modified: 2026-10-20T14:17:04.833

Link: CVE-2026-96582

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