Description
A vulnerability was found in PX4 PX4-Autopilot up to 1.15.4. This issue affects the function MavlinkReceiver::handle_message_serial_control of the file src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_receiver.cpp of the component Mavlink Shell Closing Handler. The manipulation of the argument _mavlink_shell leads to use after free. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The identifier of the patch is 4395d4f00c49b888f030f5b43e2a779f1fa78708. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.320081
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320081
Permissions Required, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.624722
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/25046
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/25082
Patch issue-tracking
patch
https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/25082/commits/4395d4f00c49b888f030f5b43e2a779f1fa78708
Scores
CVSS v3
4.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (5)
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
1.15.0
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
1.15.1
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
1.15.2
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
1.15.3
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
1.15.4
Published
Aug 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026