Bug 2251705 (CVE-2022-46280)

Summary:	CVE-2022-46280 openbabel: Open Babel PQS format pFormat uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 09:22:25 UTC

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the PQS format pFormat 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.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 09:22:47 UTC

Created openbabel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2251707]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2251706]