| Name | CVE-2025-10997 |
| Description | A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1116462 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openbabel (PTS) | bullseye | 3.1.1+dfsg-6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.1.1+dfsg-9 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 3.1.1+dfsg-12 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.1.1+dfsg-14 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openbabel | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1116462 |
Notes
[trixie] - openbabel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - openbabel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - openbabel <postponed> (Minor issue; can only be performed from a local environment)
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2830