CVE-2026-1766
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-1766
To remediate CVE-2026-1766, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.8.2-12 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2026-1766 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.8.2-12
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |