CVE-2024-21812

NameCVE-2024-21812
DescriptionAn integer overflow 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 an out-of-bounds write which in turn can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
biosig (PTS)bullseye2.1.2-4vulnerable
bookworm2.5.0-1vulnerable
trixie, sid2.6.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
biosigsource(unstable)2.6.0-1

Notes

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1921
https://sourceforge.net/p/biosig/code/ci/e20e81564f0709323f7b99486a0a2b4594ab05f2/

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