CVE-2022-46289

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 21, 2023 at 08:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpen Babel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
PoC

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.1.1master commit 530dbfa3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787

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