PYSEC-2026-2785 Open Babel has out-of-bounds read in PQS lowerit (pre-buffer read)

Summary A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's PQS parser caused an out-of-bounds pre-buffer read when reading a crafted input file. Details The flaw was in the lowerit helper used by the PQS parser. A malformed input caused the helper to read one or more bytes before the start of its inpu...