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CVE-2024-39540

HIGH
Published 2024-07-11T16:16:37.977Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.507
Higher than 50.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, and MX Series with SPC3 allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

When an affected device receives specific valid TCP traffic, the pfe crashes and restarts leading to a momentary but complete service outage.

This issue affects Junos OS:

21.2 releases from 21.2R3-S5 before 21.2R3-S6.

This issue does not affect earlier or later releases.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

Affected Versions:

21.2R3-S5
juniper

junos

Affected Versions:

21.2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-xwcp-g9fq-2mmp

Advisory Details

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, and MX Series with SPC3 allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). When an affected device receives specific valid TCP traffic, the pfe crashes and restarts leading to a momentary but complete service outage. This issue affects Junos OS: 21.2 releases from 21.2R3-S5 before 21.2R3-S6. This issue does not affect earlier or later releases.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39540
WEB https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83000

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 11, 2024, Modified: July 11, 2024

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83000
Published: 2024-07-11T16:16:37.977Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T04:26:16.011Z
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