CVE-2022-46294 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in multiple supported formats 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.This vulnerability affects the MOPAC Cartesian file format

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00185.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Openbabel Subscribe	Open Babel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49112	Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the translationVectors parsing functionality in multiple supported formats 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.This vulnerability affects the MOPAC Cartesian file format

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1666
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1666

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1666

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2023-07-21T20:25:41.378Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:22.037Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T20:44:13.210Z

Link: CVE-2022-46294

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:22.037Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-21T21:15:11.160

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:13.117

Link: CVE-2022-46294

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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