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openbabel — security advisory
Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the ORCA format nAtoms functionality of Open Babel 3.1.1 and master commit 530dbfa3. A specially-crafted malformed file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.nAtoms calculation wrap-around, leading to a small buffer allocation
- Products
- openbabel
- Affected versions
- 3.1.1+dfsg-10, 3.1.1+dfsg-11, 3.1.1+dfsg-12, 3.1.1+dfsg-13, 3.1.1+dfsg-14, 3.1.1+dfsg-15~exp, 3.1.1+dfsg-9, 3.2.0+dfsg-1, 3.2.0+dfsg-1~exp
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-46289
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 15:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the ORCA format nAtoms functionality of Open Babel 3.1.1 and master commit 530dbfa3. A specially-crafted malformed file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.nAtoms calculation wrap-around, leading to a small buffer allocation
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-46289
openbabel
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openbabel
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openbabel
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Complete source record
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