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openbabel — security advisory
A weakness has been identified in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This affects the function GAMESSOutputFormat::ReadMolecule of the file gamessformat.cpp. This manipulation causes use after free. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.
- Products
- openbabel
- Affected versions
- 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2, 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1, 2.3.2+dfsg-3build1, 2.4.1+dfsg-3, 2.4.1+dfsg-3build1, 2.4.1+dfsg-5.1, 2.4.1+dfsg-6, 3.0.0+dfsg-3, 3.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3, 3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu3, 3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu4, 3.1.1+dfsg-11ubuntu5, 3.1.1+dfsg-14ubuntu2, 3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu1, 3.1.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5, 3.1.1+dfsg-9build2, 3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu1, 3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu2, 3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu4, 3.1.1+dfsg-9ubuntu5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-10994
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A weakness has been identified in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This affects the function GAMESSOutputFormat::ReadMolecule of the file gamessformat.cpp. This manipulation causes use after free. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10994
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Complete source record
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