🛡️ CVE-2014-1934 — eyed3

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

eyeD3 is vulnerable to arbitrary file modification via symlink attack

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2014-1934 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2014-1934 is recorded against 1 package.

  • eyed3 (fixed in 0.7.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugs.debian.org (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
koji.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
eyed3 — 0.7.5

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