CVE-2024-38926
Published: 06 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38926 is a critical-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Openrobotics Robot Operating System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210); ranked at the 33.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37641
Vulnerability details
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`.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Use-after-free vulnerability in nav2_amcl process of ROS2/Nav2 is remotely triggerable via dynamic parameter change request (/amcl z_short), enabling exploitation of the remote service for potential code execution or denial of service.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.