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GHSA-H632-QVV7-2623

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-21 21:30 – Updated: 2026-07-01 17:45

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in GRO residue parser

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-mw5r-wq2m-397c. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the GRO format res 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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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  "summary": "Duplicate Advisory: Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in GRO residue parser",
  "withdrawn": "2026-07-01T17:45:28Z"
}

CVE-2022-42885 (GCVE-0-2022-42885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-21 20:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 13:19

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Assigner

talos

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor…
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_r…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Open Babel	Open Babel	Affected: 3.1.1 Affected: master commit 530dbfa3
openbabel	open_babel	Affected: 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:openbabel:open_babel:3.1.1:::::::*

Credits

Discovered by Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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