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.
Problem types
Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value
Product status
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-2026-1766
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435982 (RHBZ#2435982)