CVE-2022-42885

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenbabel Open Babel
PublishedJul 21, 2023
First seenJul 21, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-824CWE-824

How to fix

Update
  • openbabel3.2.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openbabel open_babel3.1.1—
openbabelPyPIv < 3.2.03.2.0

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