MidnightBSD

Advisories for openbabel

CVE-2022-37331

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Gaussian format orientation 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 7.3 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 3.9 3.4

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-41793

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the CSR format title 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-42885

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the GRO format res 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-43467

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the PQS format coord_file 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-43607

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the MOL2 format attribute and value 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2.2 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-44451

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the MSI format atom 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46280

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the PQS format pFormat 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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46289

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

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46290

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.The loop that stores the coordinates does not check its index against nAtoms

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46291

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

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46292

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 MOPAC file format, inside the Unit Cell Translation section

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46293

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 MOPAC file format, inside the Final Point and Derivatives section

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46294

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 MOPAC Cartesian file format

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2022-46295

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 Gaussian file format

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
talos-cna@cisco.com 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel 3.1.1
CVE-2025-10994 MEDIUM

A weakness has been identified in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This affects the function GAMESSOutputFormat::ReadMolecule of the file gamessformat.cpp. This manipulation causes use after free. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cna@vuldb.com 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 1.8 3.4
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-416,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-10995 MEDIUM

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This vulnerability affects the function zlib_stream::basic_unzip_streambuf::underflow in the library /src/zipstreamimpl.h. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9
cna@vuldb.com 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 1.8 3.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-10996 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This issue affects the function OBSmilesParser::ParseSmiles of the file /src/formats/smilesformat.cpp. Performing manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cna@vuldb.com 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 1.8 3.4
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-122,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-10997 MEDIUM

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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9
cna@vuldb.com 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 1.8 3.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-122,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-10998 LOW

A vulnerability has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6
cna@vuldb.com 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 1.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-404,CWE-476,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-10999 LOW

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.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6
cna@vuldb.com 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 1.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-404,CWE-476,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2025-11000 LOW

A vulnerability was determined in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This affects the function PQSFormat::ReadMolecule of the file /src/formats/PQSformat.cpp. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 1.8 3.6
cna@vuldb.com 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 1.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-404,CWE-476,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2026-2704 MEDIUM

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function OpenBabel::transform3d::DescribeAsString of the file src/math/transform3d.cpp of the component CIF File Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The identifier of the patch is e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 2.8 5.2
cna@vuldb.com 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 2.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-125,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2026-2705 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function OBAtom::SetFormalCharge in the library include/openbabel/atom.h of the component MOL2 File Handler. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 2.8 5.2
cna@vuldb.com 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 2.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,CWE-125,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
CVE-2026-3408 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was identified in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This impacts the function OBAtom::GetExplicitValence of the file isrc/atom.cpp of the component CDXML File Handler. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cna@vuldb.com 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 2.8 1.4

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-404,CWE-476,CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *