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CVE-2026-40339: gphoto libgphoto2 · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects gphoto libgphoto2Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.2 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.2Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% 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:H/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 exists as a source code commit (09f8a940b1e418b5693f5c11e3016a1ad2cea62d) that adds the missing bounds check. Users should monitor the official libgphoto2 project for updated releases containing this fix and apply them promptly. Until then, avoid processing untrusted Sony camera data with vulnerable versions of libgphoto2 to reduce risk.

Description

libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have an out-of-bounds read in `ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (line 842). The function reads the FormFlag byte via `dtoh8o(data, *poffset)` without a prior bounds check. The standard `ptp_unpack_DPD()` at lines 686–687 correctly validates `*offset + sizeof(uint8_t) > dpdlen` before this same read, but the Sony variant omits this check entirely. Commit 09f8a940b1e418b5693f5c11e3016a1ad2cea62d fixes the issue.

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