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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-3408 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was identified in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. This impacts the function OBAtom::GetExplicitValence of the file isrc/atom.cpp of the component CDXML File Handler. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 5.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/VedantMadane/openbabel/commit/e23a224b8fd9d7c2a7cde9ef4ec6afb4c05aa08a VulDB
https://github.com/oneafter/0128/blob/main/ob3/repro.cdxml VulDB
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2848 VulDB
https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/pull/2862 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.348303 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.348303 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.763756 VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release VulDB  
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-3408
NVD Published Date:
03/01/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/01/2026
Source:
VulDB