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GHSA-4w5w-4fhm-q483

Open Babel has NULL pointer dereference in MOL2 OBAtom::SetFormalCharge

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Low CVE-2026-2705

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PyPI openbabel < 3.2.0 3.2.0

Details

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### Summary A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's MOL2 file format parser caused a NULL pointer dereference when reading a crafted input file. ### Details The flaw was in `OBAtom::SetFormalCharge` as called from the MOL2 parser. A malformed atom record caused the parser to call the method on a NULL atom pointer. ### Impact Open Babel is a C++ library and CLI used to read and write chemistry file formats; it is shipped by Linux distributions and embedded in services that may parse untrusted input. Triggering this vulnerability requires the victim to open a malicious MOL2 file with the `obabel` tool, the `OBConversion` API, or any of the language bindings (Python, Ruby, Java, R, Perl, C#, PHP). ### Affected versions All releases up to and including 3.1.1. ### Patched version 3.2.0 (released 2026-05-26). ### Patch Fix commit: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/e23a224b Tracked in #2862. A minimized reproducer for this CVE is checked in under `test/files/fuzz_regress/` and is exercised on every CI build under ASAN+UBSAN by the `fuzzregresstest` harness. ### Credit Reported by Vedant Madane (@VedantMadane) via VulDB.

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