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CVE-2026-40334: gphoto libgphoto2 · Improper Null Termination

Affects gphoto libgphoto2Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.5Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
gphotolibgphoto2Affected
  • <=2.5.33
Fixed in–
GitHubgphoto/libgphoto2pkg:github/gphoto/libgphoto2Other threatsAffected
  • <=2.5.33
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A fix for this vulnerability has been committed in libgphoto2 (commit 259fc7d3bfe534ce4b114c464f55b448670ab873). Users should upgrade to a version of libgphoto2 that includes this patch. Since the vendor advisory or patch links are not explicitly provided, users should verify the patch availability in the official libgphoto2 repository or releases. No additional mitigations are indicated.

Description

libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. In versions up to and including 2.5.33, a missing null terminator exists in ptp_unpack_Canon_FE() in camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c (line 1377). The function copies a filename into a 13-byte buffer using strncpy without explicitly null-terminating the result. If the source data is exactly 13 bytes with no null terminator, the buffer is left unterminated, leading to out-of-bounds reads in any subsequent string operation. Commit 259fc7d3bfe534ce4b114c464f55b448670ab873 patches the issue.

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