# CVE-2026-40340: libgphoto2 has OOB read in ptp\_unpack\_OI() in ptp-pack.c via malicious PTP ObjectInfo response

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- 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 vulnerability in `ptp_unpack_OI()` in `camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c` (lines 530–563). The function validates `len < PTP_oi_SequenceNumber` (i.e., len < 48) but subsequently accesses offsets 48–56, up to 9 bytes beyond the validated boundary, via the Samsung Galaxy 64-bit objectsize detection heuristic. Commit 7c7f515bc88c3d0c4098ac965d313518e0ccbe33 fixes the issue.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/security/advisories/GHSA-xfw3-xvjp-5wcv
- https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/commit/7c7f515bc88c3d0c4098ac965d313518e0ccbe33

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