GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in GNOME localsearch. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component MP3 Extractor. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-1764. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNOME localsearch (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component MP3 Extractor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in GNOME localsearch (previously known as tracker-miners) MP3 Extractor. When processing specially crafted MP3 files containing ID3v2.4 tags, a missing bounds check in the `extract_performers_tags` function can lead to a heap buffer overflow. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering a read of unmapped memory. In some cases, it could also lead to information disclosure by reading visible heap data.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-1764. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 303311 (Fedora 43 : localsearch (2026-ba6641558a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (303311) and EUVD (EUVD-2026-37025). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 303311
Nessus Name: Fedora 43 : localsearch (2026-ba6641558a)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

03/19/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/22/2026 +95 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-1764 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-1764
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-351704
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2026 12:56
Updated: 06/22/2026 19:44
Changes: 03/19/2026 12:56 (49), 03/23/2026 05:12 (2), 06/16/2026 05:09 (1), 06/22/2026 19:44 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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