Multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities exist in the ORCA format nAtoms 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.nAtoms calculation wrap-around, leading to a small buffer allocation

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46289
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1665
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1665