CVE-2022-46290

Published Jul 21, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple 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

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49108 Multiple 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
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5rff-8f7c-8jmw Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in ORCA nAtoms parser (second variant)
History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2025, 7:14 PM
Reserved
Nov 28, 2022, 8:44 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 21, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:11 AM