# CVE-2026-40338: libgphoto2 has OOB read in ptp\_unpack\_Sony\_DPD() enumeration count parsing in ptp-pack.c

- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have an out-of-bounds read in the PTP_DPFF_Enumeration case of `ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (line 856). The function reads a 2-byte enumeration count N via `dtoh16o(data, *poffset)` without verifying that 2 bytes remain in the buffer. The standard `ptp_unpack_DPD()` at line 704 has this exact check, confirming the Sony variant omitted it by oversight. Commit 3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845 fixes the issue.

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## References

- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/security/advisories/GHSA-2hwp-w84q-27hf
- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/commit/3b9f9696be76ae51dca983d9dd8ce586a2561845

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