Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2 v.humble was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component s…

published 2024-12-06 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41219

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2 v.humble was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component smoothPlan().

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2#4544 pull request

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-11)

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4538 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com /ros-navigation/navigation2/pull/4544
third-party-advisory
github.com /ros-navigation/navigation2/issues/4538
exploit, issue-tracking
github.com /GoesM/ROS-CVE-CNVDs
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-44854
NVD CVE-2024-44854

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Summary