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CVE-2024-47496: Junos OS: MX Series: The PFE will crash on running specific command

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.4R3-S9, 22.2R3-S5, 22.3R3-S4.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.4R3-S9, 22.2R3-S5, 22.3R3-S4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, low-privileged attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). When a specific command is executed, the pfe crashes. This will cause traffic forwarding to be interrupted until the system self-recovers. Repeated execution will create a sustained DoS condition. This issue only affects MX Series devices with Line cards MPC1-MPC9. This issue affects: Junos OS on MX Series: * All versions before 21.4R3-S9, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 11, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile

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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · juniper
5.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
juniperjunos
juniper2x100ge \+ 4x10ge mpc5e
juniper2x100ge \+ 4x10ge mpc5eq
juniper2x100ge \+ 8x10ge mpc4e
juniper32x10ge mpc4e
juniper6x40ge \+ 24x10ge mpc5e
juniper6x40ge \+ 24x10ge mpc5eq
junipermpc1
junipermpc1 q
junipermpc1e
junipermpc1e q
junipermpc2

and 21 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • juniper junosbefore 21.4
  • juniper junos21.4
  • juniper junos22.2
  • juniper junos22.3
  • juniper junos22.4
  • juniper junos23.2
  • juniper junos23.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (juniper). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

    • before 21.4R3-S9affected · semver
    • 22.2 and later · before 22.2R3-S5affected · semver
    • 22.3 and later · before 22.3R3-S4affected · semver
    • 22.4 and later · before 22.4R3-S2affected · semver
    • 23.2 and later · before 23.2R2-S1affected · semver
    • 23.4 and later · before 23.4R2affected · semver

Same product

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    78This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47493Oct 11, 2024 · Junos OS: MX Series: Trio-based FPCs: Continuous physical Interface flaps causes local FPC to crash
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47494Oct 11, 2024 · Junos OS: Due to a race condition AgentD process causes a memory corruption and FPC reset
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-47497Oct 11, 2024 · Junos OS: SRX Series, QFX Series, MX Series and EX Series: Receiving specific HTTPS traffic causes resource exhaustion
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.4R3-S9Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.2R3-S5Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.3R3-S4Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.4R3-S2Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS23.2R2-S1Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS23.4R2Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-30645180 days apartJunos OS: SRX Series: Transmission of specific control traffic sent out of a DS-Lite tunnel results in flowd crash
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-52984273 days apartJunos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When a static route points to a reject next-hop and a gNMI query for this route is processed, RPD crashes
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2024-475010 days apartJunos OS: MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600, and EX9200 with EX9200-15C: In a VPLS or Junos Fusion scenario specific show commands cause FPCs to crash
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2025-60007461 days apartJunos OS: A specifically crafted 'show chassis' command causes chassisd to crash
    27Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:A/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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