USN-8713-1: BioSig vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 September 2026

Overview

BioSig could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • biosig - Open-source software library for biomedical signal processing

Details

Mark Bereza and Lilith Wyatt discovered that BioSig incorrectly handled certain crafted input
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-22891, CVE-2026-20777)

Mark Bereza and Lilith Wyatt discovered that BioSig incorrectly handled certain crafted input
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-22891, CVE-2026-20777)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute libbiosig3 –  3.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
24.04 LTS noble libbiosig3 –  2.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy libbiosig3 –  2.3.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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