TI-2024-16046 Aliases CVE-2024-24254 GHSA-f5rg-254c-x94v

PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier, due to the lack of synchronization mechanism for loading…

LOW 20CWE-362Published 2024-02-06 · Updated 2025-06-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0036 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot::::::::	up to 1.14.0	Vulnerable	Dronecode

cpe:2.3:a:dronecode:px4_drone_autopilot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.14.0 Vulnerable ·Dronecode

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24254
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5rg-254c-x94v

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/Drone-Lab/PX4-Autopilot/blob/report-can-not-pause-vulnerability/Multi-Threaded%20Race%20Condition%20bug%20found%20in%20PX4%20cause%20drone%20can%20not%20PAUSE.md

Other 1

https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot

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TI-2021-21564 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PX4-Autopilot allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-13281 An issue discovered in Yuneec Mantis Q and PX4-Autopilot v 1.11.3 and below allow… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-25200 Zenoh uORB Subscriber Allows Arbitrary Stack Allocation (PX4/PX4-Autopilot) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2026-25198 PX4 autopilot has a global buffer overflow in crsf_rc via oversized variable-length known packet CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2026-21380 PX4 Autopilot versions 1.12.x through 1.15.x contain a protection mechanism failure in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1

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Sources

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