UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21795

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21795
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21795.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21795
Upstream
Published
2024-02-20T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:58:59Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / biosig

Package

Name
biosig
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/biosig@2.3.3-1build2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.2-4
2.1.2-4build1
2.1.2-4build2
2.3.3-1
2.3.3-1build1
2.3.3-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "biosig-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbiosig-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbiosig3",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "octave-biosig",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3-1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biosig",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3-1build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / biosig

Package

Name
biosig
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/biosig@2.6.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.0-1build2
2.5.2-1
2.5.2-1build1
2.5.2-2
2.6.0-1
2.6.0-1build1
2.6.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "biosig-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbiosig-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbiosig3",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "octave-biosig",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-biosig",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}