diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
index 03fe310..4eb5bec 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ static DNNReturnType load_tf_model(TFModel *tf_model, const char *model_filename
             return DNN_ERROR;
         }
         config = tf_model->ctx.options.sess_config + 2;
-        sess_config_length = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, config);
+        sess_config_length = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, 0, config);
 
         sess_config = av_mallocz(sess_config_length + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
         if (!sess_config) {
             av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "failed to allocate memory\n");
             return DNN_ERROR;
         }
-        ff_hex_to_data(sess_config, config);
+        ff_hex_to_data(sess_config, sess_config_length, config);
     }
 
     graph_def = read_graph(model_filename);
diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index 584f658..c7f9f06 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static int parse_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
             if (!strcmp(info.method, "SAMPLE-AES"))
                 key_type = KEY_SAMPLE_AES;
             if (!strncmp(info.iv, "0x", 2) || !strncmp(info.iv, "0X", 2)) {
-                ff_hex_to_data(iv, info.iv + 2);
+                ff_hex_to_data(iv, sizeof(iv), info.iv + 2);
                 has_iv = 1;
             }
             av_strlcpy(key, info.uri, sizeof(key));
diff --git a/libavformat/internal.h b/libavformat/internal.h
index 7d0eab4..e0e625f 100644
--- a/libavformat/internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/internal.h
@@ -397,10 +397,12 @@ char *ff_data_to_hex(char *buf, const uint8_t *src, int size, int lowercase);
  * digits is ignored.
  *
  * @param data if non-null, the parsed data is written to this pointer
+ * @param data_size the data buffer size
  * @param p the string to parse
- * @return the number of bytes written (or to be written, if data is null)
+ * @return the number of bytes written (or to be written, if data is null),
+ *         or a negative value in case data buffer size is insufficient.
  */
-int ff_hex_to_data(uint8_t *data, const char *p);
+int ff_hex_to_data(uint8_t *data, int data_size, const char *p);
 
 /**
  * Add packet to an AVFormatContext's packet_buffer list, determining its
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec_latm.c b/libavformat/rtpdec_latm.c
index 104a00a..c348cc8 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec_latm.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec_latm.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int latm_parse_packet(AVFormatContext *ctx, PayloadContext *data,
 
 static int parse_fmtp_config(AVStream *st, const char *value)
 {
-    int len = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, value), i, ret = 0;
+    int len = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, 0, value), i, ret = 0;
     GetBitContext gb;
     uint8_t *config;
     int audio_mux_version, same_time_framing, num_programs, num_layers;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int parse_fmtp_config(AVStream *st, const char *value)
     config = av_mallocz(len + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
     if (!config)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    ff_hex_to_data(config, value);
+    ff_hex_to_data(config, len, value);
     init_get_bits(&gb, config, len*8);
     audio_mux_version = get_bits(&gb, 1);
     same_time_framing = get_bits(&gb, 1);
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec_mpeg4.c b/libavformat/rtpdec_mpeg4.c
index 34c7950..540192c 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec_mpeg4.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec_mpeg4.c
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ static void close_context(PayloadContext *data)
 static int parse_fmtp_config(AVCodecParameters *par, const char *value)
 {
     /* decode the hexa encoded parameter */
-    int len = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, value), ret;
+    int len = ff_hex_to_data(NULL, 0, value), ret;
 
     if ((ret = ff_alloc_extradata(par, len)) < 0)
         return ret;
-    ff_hex_to_data(par->extradata, value);
+    ff_hex_to_data(par->extradata, par->extradata_size, value);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 6c8b974..7085c28 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -4762,7 +4762,7 @@ char *ff_data_to_hex(char *buff, const uint8_t *src, int s, int lowercase)
     return buff;
 }
 
-int ff_hex_to_data(uint8_t *data, const char *p)
+int ff_hex_to_data(uint8_t *data, int data_size, const char *p)
 {
     int c, len, v;
 
@@ -4781,8 +4781,11 @@ int ff_hex_to_data(uint8_t *data, const char *p)
             break;
         v = (v << 4) | c;
         if (v & 0x100) {
-            if (data)
+            if (data) {
+                if (len >= data_size)
+                    return -1;
                 data[len] = v;
+            }
             len++;
             v = 1;
         }
