CVE-2022-46295

Summary

CVE-2022-46295 is a critical vulnerability affecting Open Babel 3.1.1 and master commit 530dbfa3. It involves multiple out-of-bounds write issues in the translationVectors parsing functionality of the Gaussian file format. A maliciously crafted file can exploit these vulnerabilities, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can take advantage of this weakness by providing a specially designed file to the targeted system. This issue poses a significant security risk and should be addressed promptly through software updates or workarounds.

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