What is CVE-2024-38926?

CVE-2024-38926 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openrobotics Robot Operating System, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-38926?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Openrobotics Robot Operating System

CVE-2024-38926

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 for change the value of dynamic-parameter `/amcl z_short`.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openrobotics Robot_operating_system — versions 2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38926?: CVE-2024-38926 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openrobotics Robot Operating System, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-38926?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.