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CVE-2025-54483VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-54483: The Biosig Project libbiosig · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects The Biosig Project libbiosigSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
The Biosig Project libbiosigAffected
  • =3.9.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-54483, European organizations should immediately audit their use of libbiosig and identify any systems processing MFER files. Employ sandboxing or containerization of applications handling biosignal data to limit the impact of potential exploitation. Network-level protections such as file integrity monitoring, intrusion detection systems tuned for anomalous MFER file activity, and restricting file sources to trusted origins can reduce exposure. Organizations should also monitor security advisories from The Biosig Project for patches or updates and plan rapid deployment once available. Additionally, applying compiler-level protections like stack canaries, ASLR, and DEP on affected systems can help mitigate exploitation risks. Training staff to recognize suspicious files and enforcing strict access controls on biosignal processing systems further reduce attack surfaces.

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 8759 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 5: else if (tag==5) //0x05: number of channels { uint16_t oldNS=hdr->NS; if (len>4) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag5 incorrect length %i>4\n",len); curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);

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