| Name | CVE-2026-2705 |
| Description | A vulnerability was detected in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The impacted element is the function OBAtom::SetFormalCharge in the library include/openbabel/atom.h of the component MOL2 File Handler. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet. |
| 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 | 1129566 |
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) | | | 1129566 |
Notes
[trixie] - openbabel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - openbabel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - openbabel <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2848
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/pull/2862