CVE-2024-39289

Published Jul 17, 2025

Last updated 7 months ago

Overview

Description
A code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'rosparam' tool, affecting ROS distributions Noetic Ninjemys and earlier. The vulnerability stems from the use of the eval() function to process unsanitized, user-supplied parameter values via special converters for angle representations in radians. This flaw allowed attackers to craft and execute arbitrary Python code.
Source
security@ubuntu.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
robot_operating_system

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

security@ubuntu.com
CWE-94
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.