# CVE-2026-33165: heap out-of-bounds write in libde265 1.0.16

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.17
- Published: 2026-03-20 · Updated: 2026-03-24

## Affected

- strukturag libde265: fixed in 1.0.17

## Description

libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec. Prior to version 1.0.17, a crafted HEVC bitstream causes an out-of-bounds heap write confirmed by AddressSanitizer. The trigger is a stale ctb_info.log2unitSize after an SPS change where PicWidthInCtbsY and PicHeightInCtbsY stay constant but Log2CtbSizeY changes, causing set_SliceHeaderIndex to index past the allocated image metadata array and write 2 bytes past the end of a heap allocation. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.17.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strukturag libde265, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.17) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/security/advisories/GHSA-653q-9f73-8hvg
- https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/commit/c7891e412106130b83f8e8ea8b7f907e9449b658
- https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/releases/tag/v1.0.17

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