A vulnerability was found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is the function
ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.
This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-10998. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
