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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-21795 EUVD-2024-19409GHSA-7xww-xh6h-rqhj

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the .egi parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0 and Master Branch…

Published Feb 20, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by talos

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the .egi parsing functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0 and Master Branch (ab0ee111). A specially crafted .egi file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0, Master Branch (ab0ee111) —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 biosig 2.6.0-1 —
Debian 13 biosig 2.6.0-1 —
Debian 12 biosig No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS biosig No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS biosig No fix yet —

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