Out-of-bounds Write Affecting biosig package, versions <2.6.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.68% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-BIOSIG-11736945
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed20 Feb 2024

Introduced: 20 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-23606  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 biosig to version 2.6.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream biosig package and not the biosig package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the sopen_FAMOS_read functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0 and Master Branch (ab0ee111). A specially crafted .famos file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1