CVE-2023-46256 (GCVE-0-2023-46256)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-31 15:29 – Updated: 2024-09-05 20:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PX4-Autopilot Heap Buffer Overflow Bug
Summary
PX4-Autopilot provides PX4 flight control solution for drones. In versions 1.14.0-rc1 and prior, PX4-Autopilot has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the parser function due to the absence of `parserbuf_index` value checking. A malfunction of the sensor device can cause a heap buffer overflow with leading unexpected drone behavior. Malicious applications can exploit the vulnerability even if device sensor malfunction does not occur. Up to the maximum value of an `unsigned int`, bytes sized data can be written to the heap memory area. As of time of publication, no fixed version is available.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-05 20:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/sr… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PX4 | PX4-Autopilot |
Affected:
<= 1.14.0-rc1
|
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