CVE-2022-46292

Publication date 21 July 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in multiple supported formats 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.This vulnerability affects the MOPAC file format, inside the Unit Cell Translation section

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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	Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored end of standard support
	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

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H