CVE-2022-46290

NameCVE-2022-46290
DescriptionMultiple 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.The loop that stores the coordinates does not check its index against nAtoms
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1059277

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openbabel (PTS)bullseye3.1.1+dfsg-6vulnerable
bookworm3.1.1+dfsg-9vulnerable
sid, trixie3.1.1+dfsg-11vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openbabelsource(unstable)(unfixed)1059277

Notes

[bookworm] - openbabel <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - openbabel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - openbabel <postponed> (Minor issue, no upstream patch yet)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1665
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2650

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