CVE-2022-37331

Publication date 21 July 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Gaussian format orientation 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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openbabel	26.04 LTS resolute	Vulnerable
	25.10 questing	Vulnerable
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

bruce

No patch available as of 2025-02-26 https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2650 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059277

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.3 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L