Description
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
In a subscriber management scenario, login/logout activity triggers a memory leak, and the leaked memory gradually increments and eventually results in a crash. user@host> show chassis fpc Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%) Slot State (C) Total Interrupt 1min 5min 15min DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer
2 Online 36 10 0 9 8 9 32768 26 0
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * All versions before 21.2R3-S9 * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S10 * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S6 * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5 * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3 * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3 * from 24.2 before 24.2R2.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | < 21.2R3-S9; >= 21.4, < 21.4R3-S10; >= 22.2, < 22.2R3-S6; >= 22.4, < 22.4R3-S5; >= 23.2, < 23.2R2-S3; >= 23.4, < 23.4R2-S3; >= 24.2, < 24.2R2 |
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA96457Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 9, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed