GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/07/GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2/GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2

Withdrawn

2026-07-01T17:49:32Z

Published

2023-07-21T21:30:32Z

Modified

2026-07-01T18:00:20Z

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 out-of-bounds write in ORCA nAtoms parser

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-rj4c-r689-cm87. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

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

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-122",
        "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-01T17:49:32Z",
    "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-g8f4-g673-rfw2/GHSA-g8f4-g673-rfw2.json"