CVE-2026-40334 (GCVE-0-2026-40334)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 23:16 – Updated: 2026-04-17 23:16
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Title
libgphoto2 missing null termination in ptp_unpack_Canon_FE() filename buffer in ptp-pack.c
Summary
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.
CWE
  • CWE-170 - Improper Null Termination
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gphoto libgphoto2 Affected: <= 2.5.33
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