# CVE-2026-124312: Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC through 3.2.1 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via CodingStructure::getColInfo


- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Nov 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcm3-84wv-3v4w

## What is CVE-2026-124312?

CVE-2026-124312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fraunhoferhhi vvdec, published on 7 Nov 2026. 

### Official description

Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC through 3.2.1 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the decoder by supplying a collocated picture of different resolution. Attackers can craft a VVC bitstream enabling TMVP with a smaller collocated reference picture, causing getColInfo to read past the colMotion allocation when error concealment is enabled.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124312?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-124312?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-124312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-124312 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-124312 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-124312 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-124312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fraunhoferhhi vvdec, published on 7 Nov 2026. 
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-124312 exists.

Affected product: fraunhoferhhi vvdec. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-124312/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-124312/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-124312
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-124312
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-124312

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.