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libgphoto2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40334

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40334

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Apr 2026, 00:16 UTC

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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