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openbabel — security advisory
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
- 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-2025-10997
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10997
openbabel
Fixed versions: Not specified
openbabel
Fixed versions: Not specified
openbabel
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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