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medium 5.6

CVE-2026-1766 json

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

published 2026-06-16 4 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-37027

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • localsearch Debian 14 3.8.2-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-1766

  • tracker-miners Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.3.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4
  • tracker-miners Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.7.1-1ubuntu0.1
  • tracker-miners Ubuntu 25.10 3.8.2-4ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1766

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tracker-miners SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, openSUSE Leap 15.6 3.6.2-150600.4.6.1
  • tracker SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 1.8.3-4.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2713-1SUSE-SU-2026:0780-1

  • localsearch openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.10.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10162-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-1766 updated cvss 5.6

localsearch: tracker-miners: GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor: Denial of Service and information disclosure via malformed MP3 files.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 tracker-miners Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 tracker-miners Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 tracker-miners
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435982 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.