diff --git a/examples/librispeech/download.py b/examples/librispeech/download.py
index a72921fb..906879ee 100644
--- a/examples/librispeech/download.py
+++ b/examples/librispeech/download.py
@@ -19,7 +19,26 @@ def download_and_extract(in_file, out_dir):
     # Download and extract zip file.
     urllib.request.urlretrieve(file_url, filename=out_file)
     with tarfile.open(out_file) as tf:
-        tf.extractall(path=out_dir)
+        def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+            
+            abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+            abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+        
+            prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+            
+            return prefix == abs_directory
+        
+        def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+        
+            for member in tar.getmembers():
+                member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                    raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+        
+            tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner=numeric_owner) 
+            
+        
+        safe_extract(tf, path=out_dir)
 
     # Remove zip file after use
     os.remove(out_file)