CVE-2025-54485
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-08-25
Last updated on: 2025-11-03
Assigner: Talos
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| libbiosig_project | libbiosig | to 3.9.1 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-121 | A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a stack-based buffer overflow in the MFER parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig version 3.9.0 and its master branch. It occurs when processing a specially crafted MFER file, specifically when the Tag value is 8 and the length is greater than 2, leading to improper handling of input data. This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by providing a malicious MFER file.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system without requiring any privileges or user interaction. This means an attacker can potentially take full control of the system running the vulnerable libbiosig version by tricking it into processing a malicious MFER file.