{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00017623","kind":"vulnerability","title":"Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in Gaussian translationVectors[]","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-jg3h-pv7c-4f9c","CVE-2022-46291"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for openbabel. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-317292e5e7db7e607bd568e6a746e74d"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[{"kind":"CVSS","as_of":"2026-07-01T17:51:07.000Z","value":"7.8 high","meaning":"GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.","source_id":"sr-317292e5e7db7e607bd568e6a746e74d"}],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-317292e5e7db7e607bd568e6a746e74d","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg3h-pv7c-4f9c","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-jg3h-pv7c-4f9c","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-05T03:49:14.191Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-317292e5e7db7e607bd568e6a746e74d"],"technology":"openbabel","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\n\nA memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's Gaussian output parser\nallowed an out-of-bounds write into the `translationVectors[]` array\nwhen reading a crafted input file.\n\n### Details\n\nThe Gaussian reader stored periodic-cell translation vectors into a\nfixed-size `translationVectors[]` array. A malformed input could push\nmore vectors than the array had slots, causing a write past the end\nof the array. This is one of five `translationVectors[]` OOB writes\nacross formats (Gaussian, MOPAC, MOPAC IN, MSI) reported in the\nTALOS 2022 batch.\n\n### Impact\n\nOpen Babel is a C++ library and CLI used to read and write chemistry\nfile formats; it is shipped by Linux distributions and embedded in\nservices that may parse untrusted input. Triggering this vulnerability\nrequires the victim to open a malicious Gaussian output file with the\n`obabel` tool, the `OBConversion` API, or any of the language\nbindings (Python, Ruby, Java, R, Perl, C#, PHP).\n\n### Affected versions\n\nAll releases up to and including 3.1.1.\n\n### Patched version\n\n3.2.0 (released 2026-05-26).\n\n### Patch\n\nFix commit: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/40e85213\n\nA minimized reproducer for this CVE is checked i","public_affected_ranges":["< 3.2.0"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-05T19:10:21.427Z","source_updated_at":"2026-07-01T17:51:07.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-07-01T17:51:06.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-05T03:49:14.191Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}