Open Babel has heap buffer overflow in ChemKin ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies

SummaryA memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's ChemKin parser causeda heap buffer overflow when reading a crafted input file. DetailsThe flaw was in ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies. A malformed speciesrecord caused the parser to write past the end of a heap-allocatedbuffer. ImpactOpen Babel is ...