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CVE-2025-68657

espressif/usb_host_hid Double-Free Race Condition in USB Host HID Device Close Path

Published: Jan 12, 2026Updated: Jan 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-415
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Espressif ESP-IDF USB Host HID (Human Interface Device) Driver allows access to HID devices. Prior to 1.1.0, calls to hid_host_device_close() can free the same usb_transfer_t twice. The USB event callback and user code share the hid_iface_t state without locking, so both can tear down a READY interface simultaneously, corrupting heap metadata inside the ESP USB host stack. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-415CWE-667

Affected Products

esp-usbespressif
Embedded
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
usb host hid driverespressif
Embedded
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
espressifcommercialCNOperating Systemsaka esp-idf, arduino-esp32, esp8266 nonos sdk, espressif

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/espressif/esp-usb/security/advisories/GHSA-gp8r-qjfr-gqfv
github.com
https://github.com/espressif/esp-usb/commit/cd28106e9f72ac2719682c06f94601f9f034390b
github.com
https://components.espressif.com/components/espressif/usb_host_hid/versions/1.1.0/changelog
components.espressif.com

Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2026

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