CVE-2025-10997
published 2025-09-26CVE-2025-10997: A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing…
PriorityP346high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.22%
13.0th percentile
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | openbabel | — | — |
| debian | openbabel | >= 0 < 3.2.0 | 3.2.0 |
| openbabel | open_babel | <= 3.1.1 | — |
| openbabel | open_babel | — | — |
| openbabel | open_babel | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.01.9LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv4.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.8MEDIUM
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GHSA
Open Babel has heap buffer overflow in ChemKin ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies
ghsa·2026-07-01
CVE-2025-10997 [HIGH] CWE-119 Open Babel has heap buffer overflow in ChemKin ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies
Open Babel has heap buffer overflow in ChemKin ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies
### Summary
A memory-safety vulnerability in Open Babel's ChemKin parser caused
a heap buffer overflow when reading a crafted input file.
### Details
The flaw was in `ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies`. A malformed species
record caused the parser to write past the end of a heap-allocated
buffer.
### 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
GHSA
GHSA-95gx-jmhp-5p29: A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-09-26
CVE-2025-10997 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-95gx-jmhp-5p29: A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
OSV
CVE-2025-10997: A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3
osv·2025-09-26·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2025-10997 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-10997: A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
Debian
CVE-2025-10997: openbabel - A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKi...
vendor_debian·2025·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2025-10997 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-10997: openbabel - A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKi...
A flaw has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: open
sid: open
trixie: open
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2025-09-26
Published