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GHSA-cxvj-jx5h-9xf2

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

An Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On SRX Series if Unified Threat Management (UTM) Enhanced Content Filtering (CF) and AntiVirus (AV) are enabled together and the system processes specific valid transit traffic the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) will crash and restart. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S2, 21.4R2 on SRX Series. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 21.4R1.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-cxvj-jx5h-9xf2
Published
October 18, 2022 12:00 PM
Last Modified
October 18, 2022 12:00 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 6, 2025 6:30 AM

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