Buffer overflow in Libbiosig Project

CVE-2025-54480

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 8719 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 0: if (tag==0) { if (len!=1) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag0 incorrect length %i!=1\n",len); curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr); }

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54480?
CVE-2025-54480 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libbiosig Project, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-54480?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-54480 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.