Bug 2251671 (CVE-2022-42885) - CVE-2022-42885 openbabel: Open Babel GRO format res uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2022-42885 openbabel: Open Babel GRO format res uninitialized pointer der...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-42885
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2251672 2251673
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Reported: 2023-11-27 07:55 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2023-11-27 09:39 UTC (History)
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 07:55:06 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 07:55:28 UTC 
Created openbabel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2251672]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2251673]
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