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CVE-2022-46289

Published: Jul 21, 2023

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

Description

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

VendorProductVersions

Open Babel

Open Babel

affected
3.1.1
affected
master commit 530dbfa3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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