# CVE-2026-49346: libde265 has a heap buffer overflow in de265\_image\_get\_buffer via SPS dimension integer overflow

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.0
- Published: 2026-06-19 · Updated: 2026-06-22

## Affected

- strukturag libde265: fixed in 1.1.0

## Description

libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec. Prior to version 1.1.0, a crafted H.265 bitstream with large SPS dimensions and 16-bit bit depth causes a signed integer overflow in `de265_image_get_buffer()` (`libde265/image.cc:128`). The overflow wraps the plane allocation size to a small value (~1 KB), but the subsequent `fill_image()` call computes the real size using `size_t`, writing ~4 GB into the undersized heap buffer. Version 1.1.0 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strukturag libde265, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/security/advisories/GHSA-vv8h-932h-7r86
- https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/commit/8a1b5cf212f78e1c77cb46eb5d56e492a9336eb8

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