# CVE-2026-40334: libgphoto2 missing null termination in ptp\_unpack\_Canon\_FE() filename buffer in ptp-pack.c

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-17 · Updated: 2026-04-20

## Affected

- gphoto libgphoto2: through 2.5.33

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/security/advisories/GHSA-ph87-cc3j-c6hm
- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/commit/259fc7d3bfe534ce4b114c464f55b448670ab873

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