OSV-2022-134 Heap-use-after-free in RDKit::Chirality::cleanupStereoGroups

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A heap-use-after-free vulnerability in RDKit's stereochemistry cleanup allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted SMILES input.

Exploited in the wild
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Attackable
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Victim action needed
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Fix
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What is OSV-2022-134?

OSV-2022-134 is an use after free vulnerability in rdkit, published on 10 Feb 2022.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=44520

Crash type: Heap-use-after-free READ 1 Crash state: RDKit::Chirality::cleanupStereoGroups RDKit::MolOps::assignStereochemistry RDKit::SmilesToMol

Which versions are affected by OSV-2022-134?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including rdkit.

PackageAffectedFixed in
rdkit OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2022-134?

No fix has been published for OSV-2022-134 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is OSV-2022-134 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2022-134 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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