PT-2025-39483 · Open Babel+2 · Open Babel+2

Ahuo · CVE-2025-10998 · Published 2025-09-25 · Updated 2026-07-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open Babel versions prior to 3.1.2

Description A flaw exists in Open Babel that may lead to a null pointer dereference. This issue stems from the ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines function located in the /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp file. The issue can be exploited locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed.

Recommendations Update to version 3.1.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Improper Resource Release

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14405

CVE-2025-10998

GHSA-HVP2-4H2F-26W4

GHSA-J9PP-7WFG-Q7FJ

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21190-1

PYSEC-2026-2782

Affected Products

Debian

Open Babel

Red Os

References · 56

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/10xxx/CVE-2025-10998.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/issues/2829 · Exploit
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/user-attachments/files/22318526/poc.zip · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:21190-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10998 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10998 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-10998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14405 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hvp2-4h2f-26w4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-2782 · Vendor Advisory