Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting libgphoto2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBGPHOTO2-16114928
  • published21 Apr 2026
  • disclosed18 Apr 2026
  • creditSebasteuo

Introduced: 18 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in the ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD function. An attacker can cause increased memory consumption and potential denial of service by repeatedly triggering property descriptor parsing that leads to memory not being freed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1