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High ALAS2023-2026-1585 2 CVEs

Important: libde265 security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Apr 13, 2026 · Updated Apr 13, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-33165: 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. CVE-2026-33164: libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec. Prior to version 1.0.17, a malformed H.265 PPS NAL unit causes a segmentation fault in pic_parameter_set::set_derived_values(). This issue has been patched in version 1.0.17.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 libde265 0:1.0.18-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 libde265-debuginfo 0:1.0.18-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 libde265-debugsource 0:1.0.18-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 libde265-devel 0:1.0.18-1.amzn2023.0.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 8.7

    NULL Pointer Dereference in libde265

    libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec. Prior to version 1.0.17, a malformed H.265 PPS NAL unit causes a segmentation fault in pic_parameter_set::set_derived_values(). This issue has been patched in version 1.0.17.

  • Medium 5.5

    heap out-of-bounds write in libde265 1.0.16

    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 PicW…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-33164.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-33165.html