🛡️ CVE-2022-44451 on Debian — openbabel

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the MSI format atom 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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-44451 as tracked by Debian, for the package openbabel. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44451 is classified as CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer. The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44451 is recorded against 1 package.

  • openbabel

Timeline and source

Published on 21 July 2023 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-44451 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-07-21
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
openbabel — —

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