Junos OS: MX Series, SRX Series: Processing of specific SIP INVITE messages by the SIP ALG will lead to an FPC crash
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- 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: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.2R3-S9, 21.4R3-S10, 22.2R3-S6.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.2R3-S9, 21.4R3-S10, 22.2R3-S6 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
An Improper Handling of Additional Special Element vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MS-MPC, MS-MIC and SPC3, and SRX Series, allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If the SIP ALG processes specifically formatted SIP invites, a memory corruption will occur which will lead to a crash of the FPC processing these packets. Although the system will automatically recover with the restart of the FPC, subsequent SIP invites will cause the crash again and lead to a sustained DoS. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series: * all versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.
- Published
- Apr 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 35th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-167
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · juniper
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos |
| juniper | mx10004 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx10004 |
| juniper | mx10008 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx10008 |
| juniper | mx2008 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2008 |
| juniper | mx2010 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2010 |
| juniper | mx2020 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2020 |
| juniper | mx204 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx204 |
| juniper | mx240 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx240 |
| juniper | mx304 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx304 |
| juniper | mx480 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx480 |
| juniper | mx960 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx960 |
| juniper | srx1500 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx1500 |
and 16 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- juniper junosbefore 21.2
- juniper junos21.2
- juniper junos21.4
- juniper junos22.2
- juniper junos22.4
- juniper junos23.2
- juniper junos23.4
- juniper junos24.2
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 21.2R3-S9affected · semver
- 21.4 and later · before 21.4R3-S10affected · semver
- 22.2 and later · before 22.2R3-S6affected · semver
- 22.4 and later · before 22.4R3-S5affected · semver
- 23.2 and later · before 23.2R2-S3affected · semver
- 23.4 and later · before 23.4R2-S3affected · semver
- 24.2 and later · before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2affected · semver
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 21.2R3-S9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 21.4R3-S10 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.2R3-S6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.4R3-S5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 23.2R2-S3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 23.4R2-S3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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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.
No nightly-computed relations.
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).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-167 · Improper Handling of Additional Special ElementCVSS vector
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/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:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:M/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
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