CVE-2025-54490
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The...
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
CVE-2025-54490- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25673
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25673- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fq33-769w-5p63
9.8
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MFER parsing functionality of The...
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
GHSA-fq33-769w-5p63- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
CVE-2025-54490- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
CVE-2025-54490- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-54490
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64:
else if (tag==64) //0x40
{
// preamble
char tmp[256]; // [1]
curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr);
In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54490- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-54490
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 9090 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 64: else if (tag==64) //0x40 { // preamble char tmp[256]; // [1] curPos += ifread(tmp,1,len,hdr); In this case, the overflowed buffer is the newly-declared tmp [1] instead of buf. While tmp is larger than buf, having a size of 256 bytes, a stack overflow can still occur in cases where len is encoded using multiple octets and is greater than 256.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54490- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
biosigDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.0-12.5.2-12.5.2-22.6.0-12.6.1-13.9.0-13.9.5-1 |
None known |
biosigDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.9.0-13.9.5-1 |
None known |
biosigDebian:14 |
before 3.9.5-1, plus listed versions 3.9.0-1 |
3.9.5-1 |
biosigUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.1.2-42.1.2-4build12.1.2-4build22.3.3-12.3.3-1build12.3.3-1build22.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
biosigUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.0-1build22.5.2-12.5.2-1build12.5.2-22.6.0-12.6.0-1build12.6.0-1ubuntu12.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
None known |
biosigUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.6.1-1build33.9.0-1 |
None known |
biosigUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.9.0-1build33.9.5-13.9.5-1build1 |
None known |
biosigUbuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.9.0-13.9.0-1build13.9.0-1build23.9.0-1build33.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-54490 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libbiosig Project Libbiosig, published August 25, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. Fixed in biosig 3.9.5-1.
References
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2234
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54490
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fq33-769w-5p63
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-54490
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54490
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54490
sourceforge.net/p/biosig/mailman/message/59224259