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CVE-2026-1766: Localsearch: tracker-miners: gnome localsearch mp3 extractor: denial of service and information disclosure via malformed mp3 files.

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-805

Description

A flaw was found in GNOME localsearch (previously known as tracker-miners) MP3 Extractor, specifically within the tracker-extract-mp3 component. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability occurs when processing specially crafted MP3 files containing malformed ID3v2.3 COMM (Comment) tags. An attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious MP3 file, leading to a denial of service (DoS), which causes an application crash, and potentially disclosing sensitive information from the heap memory.

Affected products

• GNOME Localsearch: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1766
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435982

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