CVE-2022-46290 (GCVE-0-2022-46290)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-21 20:25 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-24 16:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Babel | Open Babel |
Affected:
3.1.1
Affected: master commit 530dbfa3 |
guessed |
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