🛡️ CVE-2026-1766 on Debian — localsearch

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-1766 as tracked by Debian, for the package localsearch. The fix is available in version 3.8.2-12; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-1766 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • localsearch (fixed in 3.8.2-12)
  • tracker-miners

Timeline and source

Published on 16 June 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-16
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
localsearch — 3.8.2-12
tracker-miners — —

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