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Description

A flaw was found in the `tracker-extract-mp3` component of GNOME localsearch (previously known as tracker-miners). This vulnerability, a heap buffer overflow, occurs when processing specially crafted MP3 files. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious MP3 file, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) where the application crashes. It may also potentially expose sensitive information from the system's memory.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-02 | Published 2026-06-16 | Updated 2026-06-16 | Assigner fedora




MEDIUM: 5.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

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affected

Default status
affected

Default status
affected

Timeline

2026-02-02:Reported to Red Hat.
2026-02-02:Made public.

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Fatih Çelik for reporting this issue.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1765 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435981 (RHBZ#2435981) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2026-1765)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-1765)

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