CVE-2020-1686CWE-415

Junos OS: Kernel crash (vmcore) upon receipt of a malformed IPv6 packet.

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

On Juniper Networks Junos OS devices, receipt of a malformed IPv6 packet may cause the system to crash and restart (vmcore). This issue can be trigged by a malformed IPv6 packet destined to the Routing Engine. An attacker can repeatedly send the offending packet resulting in an extended Denial of Service condition. Only IPv6 packets can trigger this issue. IPv4 packets cannot trigger this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S1; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS prior to 18.4R1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01399 · 72.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-415 · Double Free
Published
2020-10-16T20:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 20:31Z
    Junos OS: Kernel crash (vmcore) upon receipt of a malformed IPv6 packet.
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