Critical
openbabel — security advisory
Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in multiple supported formats 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.This vulnerability affects the MSI file format
- 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-2022-46291
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in multiple supported formats 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.This vulnerability affects the MSI file format
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Complete source record
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