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CVE-2022-46289

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2023-07-21 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Openbabel Open Babel

Weakness Type

CWE-122, CWE-787

References