CVE-2026-40341

Publication date 18 April 2026

Last updated 16 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.5 · Low

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libgphoto2 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libgphoto2

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.5 · Low

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8586-1
    • libgphoto2 vulnerabilities
    • 22 July 2026

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