diff --git a/176.patch b/176.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9fd40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/176.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 262c05b20c7de243542e7502e00152cdafb573d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de>
+Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 22:53:12 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix for https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/167
+
+---
+ common-src/amutil.c | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/common-src/amutil.c b/common-src/amutil.c
+index 20454ab73c..371d38e433 100644
+--- a/common-src/amutil.c
++++ b/common-src/amutil.c
+@@ -1132,6 +1132,12 @@ char *hexdecode_string(const char *str, GError **err)
+     new_len = orig_len = strlen(str);
+     for (i = 0; i < orig_len; i++) {
+         if (str[i] == '%') {
++            if (new_len < 2) {
++                g_set_error(err, am_util_error_quark(), AM_UTIL_ERROR_HEXDECODEINVAL,
++                    "Invalid hexcode string: %s", str);
++                s = g_string_sized_new(0);
++                goto cleanup;
++            }
+             new_len -= 2;
+         }
+     }