Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libbiosig package, versions [,3.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBBIOSIG-12205645
  • published27 Aug 2025
  • disclosed25 Aug 2025
  • creditMark Bereza, Lilith

Introduced: 25 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-54493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libbiosig to version 3.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow via the MFER parsing functionality. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted MFER file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1