What is CVE-2026-1766?

CVE-2026-1766 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Localsearch, classified under Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2026-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-1766?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnome Localsearch

CVE-2026-1766

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 con…

EPSS: 0.002 (5.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Localsearch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-805 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

References

patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1766?: CVE-2026-1766 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Localsearch, classified under Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2026-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-1766?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.