GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-vjg6-gm8m-v5g6 Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in MOL2 attribute/value parser

HIGH Published 2026-07-01 Modified 2026-07-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-43607
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
openbabel
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-787
Reviewed
2026-07-01

Affected packages

• PyPI openbabel: < 3.2.0 → fixed in 3.2.0

Description

Summary A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's MOL2 parser allowed an out-of-bounds write when reading a crafted input file. Details The flaw was in the attribute/value parsing path of the MOL2 reader. An over-long attribute or value caused the parser to write past the end of a fixed-size destination buffer. Impact Open Babel is a C++ library and CLI used to read and write chemistry file formats; it is shipped by Linux distributions and embedded in services that may parse untrusted input. Triggering this vulnerability requires the victim to open a malicious MOL2 file with the `obabel` tool, the `OBConversion` API, or any of the language bindings (Python, Ruby, Java, R, Perl, C#, PHP). Affected versions All releases up to and including 3.1.1. Patched version 3.2.0 (released 2026-05-26). Patch Fix commit: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/4110d59a A minimized reproducer for this CVE is checked in under `test/files/fuzz_regress/` and is exercised on every CI build under ASAN+UBSAN by the `fuzzregresstest` harness. Credit Reported by Cisco TALOS.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-43607 An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the MOL2 format attribute and value functionality of Open Babel 3.1.1 and master commit… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References