Bug 2399601 (CVE-2025-10997) - CVE-2025-10997 openbabel: heap-based overflow in chemkinformat.cpp in CheckSpecies
Summary: CVE-2025-10997 openbabel: heap-based overflow in chemkinformat.cpp in CheckSp...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-10997
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2402082 2402085 2402088 2402094
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-09-26 03:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-07 08:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-26 03:01:25 UTC 
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
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