FKIE_CVE-2026-2704

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-19 07:17 - Updated: 2026-03-01 07:15
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/VedantMadane/openbabel/commit/e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/oneafter/0128/blob/main/ob1/repro.cifExploit
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2848Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/pull/2862
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346650Permissions Required, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.346650Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.754378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openbabel open_babel *
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