Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting GNOME/localsearch package, versions [,3.11-beta)
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- published5 Feb 2026
- disclosed2 Feb 2026
- creditFatih Çelik
Introduced: 2 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-1764 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade GNOME/localsearch to version 3.11-beta or higher.
Overview
GNOME/localsearch is a file search framework of the GNOME desktop
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the extract_performers_tags() function in tracker-extract-mp3.c, when parsing MP3 files containing ID3v2.4 tags. An attacker can cause a crash by tricking a user into processing a malicious MP3 file.