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GHSA-vr3p-gg26-45v9

Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in Gaussian coords_type orientation parser

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2022-37331

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 Gaussian output parser allowed an out-of-bounds write when reading a crafted input file. ### Details The flaw was in the `coords_type` orientation parser inside the Gaussian output reader. A malformed orientation block caused the parser to write past the end of its destination buffer. ### 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 Gaussian output 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/528c142f 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 Cisco TALOS.

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