# CVE-2024-24254: PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier, due to the lack of synchronization mechanism for loading geofence data, has a Race Condition vulnerability i

- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-06 · Updated: 2025-06-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PX4 Autopilot 1.14 and earlier, due to the lack of synchronization mechanism for loading geofence data, has a Race Condition vulnerability in the geofence.cpp and mission_feasibility_checker.cpp. This will result in the drone uploading overlapping geofences and mission routes.

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## References

- https://github.com/Drone-Lab/PX4-Autopilot/blob/report-can-not-pause-vulnerability/Multi-Threaded%20Race%20Condition%20bug%20found%20in%20PX4%20cause%20drone%20can%20not%20PAUSE.md
- https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot

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