CVE-2025-10997 | Open Babel up to 3.1.1 chemkinformat.cpp CheckSpecies heap-based overflow (Issue 2830)

A vulnerability was found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function ChemKinFormat::CheckSpecies of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-10997. The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.