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CVE-2025-9020

PX4 PX4-Autopilot Mavlink Shell Closing mavlink_receiver.cpp handle_message_serial_control use after free

Published: Aug 15, 2025Updated: Aug 15, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
4.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-119CWE-416

Affected Products

PX4-AutopilotPX4
Embedded
ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
px4oss-projectICS / OT / IoTaka px4-autopilot, autopilot, mavlink

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://vuldb.com/?id.320081
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https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320081
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https://vuldb.com/?submit.624722
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Timeline

Published
Aug 15, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 15, 2025

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