CVE-2026-124312: Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC heap out-of-bounds read

CVE-2026-124312 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.7 · Published 2026-11-07

Fraunhofer's VVdeC is a video decoder used to process VVC bitstreams. An attacker can craft a malicious video file with mismatched reference picture resolutions that triggers an out-of-bounds memory read, crashing the decoder and causing video playback to fail.

Technologies: Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC. Vendors: Fraunhofer HHI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-124312 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-124312 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-124312?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.7, published 7 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC through 3.2.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-124312?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-124312 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-124312?
Check whether you run Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the getColInfo function when processing temporally co-located motion vectors (TMVP) with collocated reference pictures of different resolution. When error concealment is enabled, the decoder reads past the colMotion allocation boundary. An attacker supplies a crafted VVC bitstream to trigger the issue; no authentication or user interaction beyond opening the file is required.

Affected products

  • Fraunhofer HHI VVdeC through 3.2.1

Timeline

  • 2026-11-07: disclosed

References

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