๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-40339

MEDIUM 5.2

libgphoto2 has OOB read in ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD() FormFlag parsing in ptp-pack.c

CVSS Score
5.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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 686โ€“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.

CWE CWE-125
Vendor gphoto
Product libgphoto2
Published Apr 17, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

gphoto / libgphoto2
<= 2.5.33

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/security/advisories/GHSA-42cm-m9hc-r7q8 github.com: https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/commit/09f8a940b1e418b5693f5c11e3016a1ad2cea62d