CVE-2025-54462

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Nex parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 3.9.0 and Master Branch (35a819fa). A specially crafted .nex file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

The Biosig Project libbiosig: before 3.9.1 — fixed in 3.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Biosig Project libbiosig 3.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2239
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2239

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