A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the PQS format pFormat 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.
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1670
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1670
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/security/advisories/GHSA-8qxc-57hf-hc9j
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/2a7d2cda8bd47daade2e555e34b69651a2e132ef