TI-2022-21850 Aliases CVE-2022-44451 GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc

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

HIGH 82CWE-824Published 2023-07-21 · Updated 2025-03-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-824 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00802 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed openbabel (PyPI): 3.2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Open Babel	Open Babel	3.1.1; master commit 530dbfa3	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	openbabel (PyPI)	before 3.2.0	3.2.0	Patch available	GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc

Open Babel VendorOpen Babel Affected 3.1.1; master commit 530dbfa3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
openbabel (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.2.0 Fixed in 3.2.0 Patch available GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openbabel:open_babel:3.1.1:::::::*	3.1.1	Vulnerable	Open Babel

cpe:2.3:a:openbabel:open_babel:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·Open Babel

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc openbabel (PyPI) Fixed in 3.2.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-44451
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jr2x-6qf6-q5mc

References

Exploit 1

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1669

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44451

Other 4

TI-2022-22844 Memory corruption in Open Babel CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22843 Memory corruption in Open Babel CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22840 Memory corruption in Open Babel CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22839 Heap-based buffer overflow in Open Babel CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22838 Heap-based buffer overflow in Open Babel CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-20883 A use of uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the GRO format res functionality… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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