CVE-2025-54493

EUVD-2025-25670
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 9184 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 131:

                else if (tag==131)    //0x83
                {
                    // Patient Age
                    if (len!=7) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag131 incorrect length %i!=7\n",len);
                    curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
talosCNA
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 41%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
libbiosig_projectlibbiosig
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< 3.9.1
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
biosig
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye
postponed
sid
vulnerable
trixie
no-dsa