CVE-2022-46290 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-46290

Vendor Open Babel
Product Open Babel
Weakness CWE-122
Published July 21, 2023
Last update November 4, 2025

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the ORCA format nAtoms 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.The loop that stores the coordinates does not check its index against nAtoms

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 21, 2023 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated