CVE-2022-44451

high

Description

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the MSI format atom 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.

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1669

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1669

https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/security/advisories/GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc

https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/fa9a2d9a2eb75154b7a884dfe679ff41a8f9c547

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-47394

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00802