GHSA-J9PP-7WFG-Q7FJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-01 17:40 – Updated: 2026-07-01 17:40
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Summary
Open Babel has NULL pointer dereference in ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines
Details

Summary

A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's ChemKin parser caused a NULL pointer dereference when reading a crafted input file.

Details

The flaw was in ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines. A malformed reaction qualifier record caused the parser to dereference a NULL pointer.

Impact

Open Babel is a C++ library and CLI used to read and write chemistry file formats; it is shipped by Linux distributions and embedded in services that may parse untrusted input. Triggering this vulnerability requires the victim to open a malicious ChemKin file with the obabel tool, the OBConversion API, or any of the language bindings (Python, Ruby, Java, R, Perl, C#, PHP).

Affected versions

All releases up to and including 3.1.1.

Patched version

3.2.0 (released 2026-05-26).

Patch

Fix commit: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/commit/af4a4212 Originally reported as #2829; fixes consolidated in #2913.

A minimized reproducer for this CVE is checked in under test/files/fuzz_regress/ and is exercised on every CI build under ASAN+UBSAN by the fuzzregresstest harness.

Credit

Reported via OSS-Fuzz.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.9 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
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  "modified": "2026-07-01T17:40:09Z",
  "published": "2026-07-01T17:40:09Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.325926"
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    {
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  "summary": "Open Babel has NULL pointer dereference in ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines"
}


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