CVE-2026-1765: tracker-miners Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-1765 is a medium (CVSS 5.6) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in tracker-miners. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4Timeline
- 16-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
3%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.14% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- localsearch< 3.8.2-12
- tracker-minersAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- tracker-minersAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.3.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 | < 3.7.1-1ubuntu0.1 | < 3.8.2-4ubuntu2.1
2 vendors · 3 products
