libgphoto2 — security advisory
libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. In versions up to and including 2.5.33, a missing null terminator exists in ptp_unpack_Canon_FE() in camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c (line 1377). The function copies a filename into a 13-byte buffer using strncpy without explicitly null-terminating the result. If the source data is exactly 13 bytes with no null terminator, the buffer is left unterminated, leading to out-of-bounds reads in any subsequent string operation. Commit 259fc7d3bfe534ce4b114c464f55b448670ab873 patches the issue.
- Products
- libgphoto2
- Affected versions
- 2.5.30-1, 2.5.31-1, 2.5.31-2, 2.5.31-2.1, 2.5.31-2.1~exp1, 2.5.31-3, 2.5.31-4, 2.5.32-1, 2.5.33-1, 2.5.34-1, 2.5.34-2
- Fixed versions
- 2.5.34-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-40334
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. In versions up to and including 2.5.33, a missing null terminator exists in ptp_unpack_Canon_FE() in camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c (line 1377). The function copies a filename into a 13-byte buffer using strncpy without explicitly null-terminating the result. If the source data is exactly 13 bytes with no null terminator, the buffer is left unterminated, leading to out-of-bounds reads in any subsequent string operation. Commit 259fc7d3bfe534ce4b114c464f55b448670ab873 patches the issue.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40334
libgphoto2
Fixed versions: Not specified
libgphoto2
Fixed versions: Not specified
libgphoto2
Fixed versions: 2.5.34-1
Complete source record
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