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CVE-2025-54491VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-54491: 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 repositories and official channels for patches addressing CVE-2025-54491 and apply updates immediately upon release. 2. In the interim, restrict processing of MFER files to trusted and verified sources only, implementing strict input validation and file integrity checks. 3. Employ application-level sandboxing or containerization to limit the impact of potential exploitation within isolated environments. 4. Enable and enforce modern memory protection mechanisms such as stack canaries, ASLR, and DEP/NX on systems running libbiosig to reduce exploitation success. 5. Conduct code audits and fuzz testing on the MFER parsing components to identify and remediate similar vulnerabilities proactively. 6. Implement network-level controls to monitor and block suspicious file transfers or malformed MFER files. 7. Educate developers and system administrators about the risks of processing untrusted biosignal files and enforce secure coding practices. 8. Maintain comprehensive logging and intrusion detection systems to identify exploitation attempts early.

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 9191 of biosig.c on the current master branch (35a819fa), when the Tag is 65: else if (tag==65) //0x41: patient event { // event table curPos += ifread(buf,1,len,hdr);

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