diff --git a/dataset/dm_math.py b/dataset/dm_math.py
index a0b7590..18763a1 100644
--- a/dataset/dm_math.py
+++ b/dataset/dm_math.py
@@ -30,7 +30,26 @@ def download(self):
                                   f" {os.path.abspath(self.cache_dir)} folder."
 
                 with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "mathematics_dataset-v1.0.tar.gz"), "r") as tf:
-                    tf.extractall(path=self.cache_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=self.cache_dir)
 
     def load_file(self, path: str) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
         print(f"Loading {path}")