CVE-2024-38920 (GCVE-0-2024-38920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-06 19:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) and Nav2 humble versions were discovered to contain a use-after-free via the nav2_amcl process. This vulnerability is triggerd via remotely sending a request for change the value of dynamic-parameter`/amcl max_beams` .
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-06 19:02 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| open_robotics | nav2_humble |
Affected:
0 , ≤ *
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:open_robotics:nav2_humble:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| open_robotics | ros2 |
Affected:
0 , ≤ *
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:open_robotics:ros2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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