---
id: CVE-2014-1934
aliases:
  - GHSA-4r2w-w73w-36jm
  - PYSEC-2026-807
title: eyeD3 is vulnerable to arbitrary file modification via symlink attack
summary: eyeD3 is vulnerable to arbitrary file modification via symlink attack
severity: medium
cvss: 4.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'
vendor: eyed3
product: eyed3
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - eyed3 < 0.7.5
patched:
  - eyed3 0.7.5
published: '2022-05-14'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4r2w-w73w-36jm'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1934'
  - url: 'https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737062'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1063671'
  - url: 'https://github.com/nicfit/eyeD3'
  - url: 'https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=594272'
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00027.html'
  - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00028.html'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00343
epssPercentile: 0.27858
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:45.530Z'
---

## Overview

tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 0.7.5 and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

## Affected packages

- `eyed3 < 0.7.5`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `eyed3 0.7.5`