GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/07/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w

Withdrawn

2026-07-01T17:48:39Z

Published

2023-07-21T21:30:32Z

Modified

2026-07-01T18:00:23Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in PQS pFormat

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-8qxc-57hf-hc9j. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the PQS format pFormat 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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-824"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-07-01T17:48:39Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2023-07-21T21:15:10Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}

References

Affected packages

PyPI / openbabel

Package

Name: openbabel; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/openbabel

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.2.0

Affected versions

1.*

1.8

1.8.1

1.8.2

1.8.3

1.8.4

2.*

2.4.0

2.4.1

3.*

3.0.0a1

3.0.0

3.1.1

3.1.1.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/07/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w/GHSA-7rcm-w6ff-j43w.json"