GHSA-8j3x-m868-cpw8
Open Babel has out-of-bounds write (overlapping memcpy) in zipstream basic_unzip_streambuf::underflow
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Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's bundled zipstream
decompression code caused an out-of-bounds write via overlapping
`memcpy` when reading a crafted gzip-compressed chemistry file.
### Details
The flaw was in `basic_unzip_streambuf::underflow`. The decompression
buffer refill path invoked `memcpy` with overlapping source and
destination regions, which is undefined behavior and produced
out-of-bounds writes in practice. Any file format read through the
gzip-wrapped reader was a potential trigger.
### 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 gzip-compressed chemistry 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/d4621d41
Originally reported as #2832; fixes consolidated in #2913.
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 via OSS-Fuzz.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/security/advisories/GHSA-8j3x-m868-cpw8
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10995
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2832
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2913
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/d4621d417c167b50cc8ce7aa3a02557e5b2b81c5
- https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22318572/poc.zip
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.325923
- https://vuldb.com/?id.325923
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.654059