FKIE_CVE-2007-4460
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-21 21:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged.
References
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