GHSA-9WFQ-RQG3-9FM2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-25 15:32 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:34
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Details

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.

Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54487"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-121"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-25T14:15:34Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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:\n\n                else if (tag==12)    //0x0C\n                {\n                    // sampling resolution\n                    if (len\u003e6) fprintf(stderr,\"Warning MFER tag12 incorrect length %i\u003e6\\n\",len);\n                    val32   = 0;\n                    int8_t  v8;\n                    curPos += ifread(\u0026UnitCode,1,1,hdr);\n                    curPos += ifread(\u0026v8,1,1,hdr);\n                    curPos += ifread(buf,1,len-2,hdr);\n\nIn 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-9wfq-rqg3-9fm2",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:34:23Z",
  "published": "2025-08-25T15:32:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54487"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2234"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2234"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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