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 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);
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-2025-25670 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);
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 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);
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'}


Subscriptions

Libbiosig Project Libbiosig
The Biosig Project Libbiosig
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T18:13:34.435Z

Reserved: 2025-07-23T14:45:55.836Z

Link: CVE-2025-54493

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T18:21:44.318Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-08-25T14:15:36.037

Modified: 2025-11-03T19:16:11.307

Link: CVE-2025-54493

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T21:53:06Z

Weaknesses