CVE-2026-40339CWE-125

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

Medium · published April 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-04-17T23:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 APR 23:42Z
    libgphoto2 has OOB read in ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD() FormFlag parsing in ptp-pack.c
    cvelistv5