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 8751 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 4:

else if (tag==4) {
// SPR
if (len>4) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag4 incorrect length %i>4\n",len);
curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);
Published: 2025-08-25
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-25681 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 8751 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 4: else if (tag==4) { // SPR if (len>4) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag4 incorrect length %i>4\n",len); curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Libbiosig Project
Libbiosig Project libbiosig
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libbiosig_project:libbiosig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Libbiosig Project
Libbiosig Project libbiosig

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared The Biosig Project
The Biosig Project libbiosig
Vendors & Products The Biosig Project
The Biosig Project libbiosig

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 8751 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 4: else if (tag==4) { // SPR if (len>4) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag4 incorrect length %i>4\n",len); curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Libbiosig Project Libbiosig
The Biosig Project Libbiosig
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T18:13:23.505Z

Reserved: 2025-07-23T14:45:55.835Z

Link: CVE-2025-54482

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Updated: 2025-11-03T18:13:23.505Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-08-25T14:15:33.897

Modified: 2025-11-03T19:16:10.047

Link: CVE-2025-54482

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No data.

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Updated: 2025-08-25T21:53:01Z

Weaknesses