CVE-2024-39835
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-17
Last updated on: 2025-08-26
Assigner: Canonical Ltd.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| openrobotics | robot_operating_system | indigo_igloo |
| openrobotics | robot_operating_system | kinetic_kame |
| openrobotics | robot_operating_system | melodic_morenia |
| openrobotics | robot_operating_system | noetic_ninjemys |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-94 | The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. |
| CWE-95 | The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a code injection flaw in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'roslaunch' command-line tool. It occurs because roslaunch uses the eval() method to process user-supplied parameter values without sanitization. This allows an attacker to craft malicious input that gets executed as arbitrary Python code when roslaunch launches a node.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can execute arbitrary Python code on the system running roslaunch. This can lead to complete compromise of the affected system, including unauthorized access, data manipulation, and disruption of services.