FKIE_CVE-2026-40338

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-18 00:16 - Updated: 2026-04-20 19:00
Severity ?
5.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Summary
libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have an out-of-bounds read in the PTP_DPFF_Enumeration case of `ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (line 856). The function reads a 2-byte enumeration count N via `dtoh16o(data, *poffset)` without verifying that 2 bytes remain in the buffer. The standard `ptp_unpack_DPD()` at line 704 has this exact check, confirming the Sony variant omitted it by oversight. Commit 3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845 fixes the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/commit/3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/security/advisories/GHSA-2hwp-w84q-27hf
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      "value": "libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have an out-of-bounds read in the PTP_DPFF_Enumeration case of `ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (line 856). The function reads a 2-byte enumeration count N via `dtoh16o(data, *poffset)` without verifying that 2 bytes remain in the buffer. The standard `ptp_unpack_DPD()` at line 704 has this exact check, confirming the Sony variant omitted it by oversight. Commit 3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845 fixes the issue."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-40338",
  "lastModified": "2026-04-20T19:00:52.467",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "baseScore": 5.2,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "impactScore": 4.2,
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  "published": "2026-04-18T00:16:37.810",
  "references": [
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