What is CVE-2024-24254?

CVE-2024-24254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dronecode Px4 Drone Autopilot, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-24254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dronecode Px4 Drone Autopilot

CVE-2024-24254

PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier, due to the lack of synchronization mechanism for loading geofence data, has a Race Condition vulnerability in the geofence.cpp and mission_feasibility_checker.cpp. This will result in the drone uploading overlapping geofences and mission routes.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Dronecode Px4_drone_autopilot
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24254?: CVE-2024-24254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dronecode Px4 Drone Autopilot, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-24254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.