CVE-2024-38952 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PX4-Autopilot v1.14.3 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the topic_name parameter at /logger/logged_topics.cpp.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot:1.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Dronecode Subscribe	Px4 Drone Autopilot Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/src/modules/logger/logged_topics.cpp#L440
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/src/modules/logger/logged_topics.cpp#L561
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/23258

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00293}`	epss `{'score': 0.00318}`

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Dronecode Dronecode px4 Drone Autopilot
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot:1.14.3:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Dronecode Dronecode px4 Drone Autopilot

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-120
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-14T19:28:11.203Z

Reserved: 2024-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-38952

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:19:20.488Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-25T14:15:12.517

Modified: 2025-06-20T18:54:02.413

Link: CVE-2024-38952

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120

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