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Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CNA (VulDB) | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CNA (VulDB) | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low | Low |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CNA (VulDB) | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 1.9 |
| Vector | CVSS: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 |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | Low |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | Low |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Sep 26 06:00:16 2025CVE page last modified: Fri Sep 26 12:43:00 2025