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CVE-2026-1765

This vulnerability, a heap buffer overflow, occurs when processing specially crafted MP3 files.

MEDIUM 5.6EPSS 0.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125
Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1765
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2435981

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.