Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-46290 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Openbabel Open Babel 3.1.1

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
openbabel
CWE-787

Summary

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

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Openbabel
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)