PX4 Autopilot up to 1.14 Geofence Data geofence.cpp mission_feasibility_checker.cpp race condition

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in PX4 Autopilot up to 1.14. Affected is the function mission_feasibility_checker.cpp of the file geofence.cpp of the component Geofence Data Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-24254. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in PX4 Autopilot up to 1.14 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function mission_feasibility_checker.cpp of the file geofence.cpp of the component Geofence Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 02/07/2024. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-24254 since 01/25/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-21678). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• PX4

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• Autopilot

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14

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