CVE-2026-40339

Publication date 18 April 2026

Last updated 14 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.2 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libgphoto2 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.2 · Medium
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

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