CVE-2024-44854

Summary

CVE-2024-44854 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting the Open Robotics Robotic Operating System 2 (ROS2) navigation2 package version humble. This issue involves a NULL pointer dereference in the smoothPlan() component, which can result in unintended system behavior or crashes. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. It is recommended that users of the affected version upgrade to a patched release as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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