Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libgphoto2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBGPHOTO2-16117758
  • published21 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libgphoto2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgphoto2 package and not the libgphoto2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. In versions up to and including 2.5.33, an out of bound read in ptp_unpack_EOS_FocusInfoEx could be used to crash libgphoto2 when processing input from untrusted USB devices. Commit c385b34af260595dfbb5f9329526be5158985987 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1