CVE-2007-4460: ID3LIB

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• ID3LIB ID3LIB: version 3.8.3 only

Published 2007-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.