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CVE-2025-54488VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-54488: 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

1. Monitor The Biosig Project's official channels for patches addressing CVE-2025-54488 and apply updates immediately upon release. 2. Until a patch is available, restrict the acceptance of MFER files to trusted sources only and implement strict input validation to detect and block malformed or suspicious files. 3. Employ sandboxing or containerization techniques for applications using libbiosig to limit the impact of potential exploitation. 4. Conduct thorough code reviews and static analysis on any custom integrations of libbiosig to identify and remediate unsafe usage patterns. 5. Deploy network-level controls to monitor and filter traffic that may carry malicious MFER files, including email gateways and file upload portals. 6. Implement endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to identify anomalous behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 7. Educate relevant staff about the risks associated with processing untrusted biosignal files and establish incident response procedures tailored to this threat. 8. Consider temporary disabling or isolating systems that heavily rely on libbiosig if immediate patching is not feasible, especially in critical healthcare environments.

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 8850 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 13: else if (tag==13) { if (len>8) fprintf(stderr,"Warning MFER tag13 incorrect length %i>8\n",len); curPos += ifread(&buf,1,len,hdr);

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