CVE-2022-44451

CVE-2022-44451 affects Open Babel 3.1.1 and the master branch (commit 530dbfa3). The issue is a use of an uninitialized pointer in the MSI format atom functionality, which an attacker can trigger by supplying a specially crafted malformed file to achieve arbitrary code execution. Public reference...

CVE-2022-44451: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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...