CVE-2025-54487
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 9.8
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 8842 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 12: else if (tag==12) //0x0C { // sampling resolution if (len>6) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag12 incorrect length %i>6\n",len); val32 = 0; int8_t v8; curPos += ifread(&UnitCode,1,1,hdr); curPos += ifread(&v8,1,1,hdr); curPos += ifread(buf,1,len-2,hdr); In addition to values of `len` greater than 130 triggering a buffer overflow, a value of `len` smaller than 2 will also trigger a buffer overflow due to an integer underflow when computing `len-2` in this code path.
Products: The Biosig Project libbiosig
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | biosig | no fix |
| Debian 13 | biosig | no fix |
| Debian 14 | biosig | 3.9.5-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | biosig | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | biosig | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | biosig | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | biosig | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS | biosig | no fix |