Vulnerability in Gphoto Libgphoto2

CVE-2026-40341

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-40341: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40341?
CVE-2026-40341 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gphoto Libgphoto2, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2026-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-40341?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.