CVE-2024-38924

moderate-risk

Published 2024-12-06

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 triggered via remotely sending a request to change the value of dynamic-parameter`/amcl laser_model_type` .

Do I need to act?

0.14% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Robot Operating System

Affected Vendors

Openrobotics

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/GoesM/ROS-CVE-CNVDs

Exploit https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/pull/4397

Exploit https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4379

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low