Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2024
CVE-2024-24255
A Race Condition discovered in geofence.cpp and mission_feasibility_checker.cpp in PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier allows attackers to send drones on unintended missions
4.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Race Condition discovered in geofence.cpp and mission_feasibility_checker.cpp in PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier allows attackers to send drones on unintended missions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PD
Px4 Drone Autopilot · Dronecode
through 1.14.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24255
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24255
Exploit
https://github.com/Drone-Lab/PX4-Autopilot/blob/report-the-faliure-of-precheck/report-the-faliure-of-precheck.md
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