PX4 Autopilot through 1.17.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in paramsetdefaultfile() and paramsetbackupfile() functions that allows attackers to crash the autopilot process. Attackers can invoke 'param select' or 'param select-backup' commands with no path argument from any PX4 shell to trigger the crash.
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