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);
                
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                    Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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| 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
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| First Time appeared | The Biosig Project The Biosig Project libbiosig | |
| Vendors & Products | The Biosig Project The Biosig Project libbiosig | 
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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| 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 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published: 2025-08-25T13:53:46.822Z
Updated: 2025-08-25T18:22:08.119Z
Reserved: 2025-07-23T14:45:55.836Z
Link: CVE-2025-54493
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-08-25T18:21:44.318Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-25T14:15:36.037
Modified: 2025-09-02T16:42:46.180
Link: CVE-2025-54493
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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