Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME Localsearch MP3 Extractor Component
CVE-2026-1766

5.6MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-1766?

A vulnerability exists in the GNOME Localsearch MP3 Extractor component, where a heap buffer overflow can be triggered by specially crafted MP3 files with malformed ID3v2.3 COMM tags. This presents the risk of application crashes leading to denial of service and could potentially allow an attacker to access sensitive information stored in the heap memory.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1766
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435982
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.6
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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