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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10999

A vulnerability was found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function CacaoFormat::SetHilderbrandt of the file /src/formats/cacaoformat.cpp. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

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-2025-10999
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10999

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Sept 2025, 03:15 UTC

A vulnerability was found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function CacaoFormat::SetHilderbrandt of the file /src/formats/cacaoformat.cpp. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10999

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Complete source record
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