CVE-2025-54486Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Project Libbiosig

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 25

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 3.9.0 and Master Branch (35a819fa). A specially crafted MFER file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.This vulnerability manifests on line 8824 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 11: else if (tag==11) //0x0B { // Fs if (len>6) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag11 incorrect len

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5the_biosig_project/libbiosig3.9.0, Master Branch (35a819fa)+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2025-54486: A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 32025-08-25
GHSA
GHSA-5vjv-cqm3-g9m6: A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 32025-08-25
CVEList
CVE-2025-54486: A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 32025-08-25

📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2025-54486: biosig - A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functiona...2025
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