Submit #654066: Open Babel 3.1.1 / master commit 889c350 NULL Pointer Dereferenceinfo

TitleOpen Babel 3.1.1 / master commit 889c350 NULL Pointer Dereference
DescriptionOpen Babel 3.1.1 (master commit 889c350) is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in the PQS format parser. The function PQSFormat::ReadMolecule invokes the helper lowerit(char*) with a pointer that may be nullptr or reference an invalid, non-null-terminated buffer. Because no validation is performed before calling strncpy inside lowerit, crafted input can trigger a segmentation fault.
Source⚠️ https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2826
User ahuo (UID 90189)
Submission09/14/2025 10:08 (7 months ago)
Moderation09/25/2025 20:05 (11 days later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry325928 [Open Babel up to 3.1.1 PQSformat.cpp PQSFormat::ReadMolecule null pointer dereference]
Points20

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