Junos OS: SRX Series, and MX Series with SPC3: Specific valid TCP traffic can cause a pfe crash
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.7epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 59% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Affected products
Juniper Networks · Junos OS