CVE-2026-1766
MediumCVSS 5.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk4th percentile — higher than 4% of all known CVEs
Summary
A flaw was found in GNOME localsearch (previously known as tracker-miners) in the MP3 Extractor component, which involves a heap buffer overflow. This issue occurs when processing specially crafted MP3 files containing malformed ID3v2.3 COMM tags.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a malicious MP3 file, leading to application crashes and potentially disclosing sensitive information from heap memory.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update GNOME localsearch to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications for unauthorized access.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.