CVE-2016-1273 — Juniper Junos OS before 13.2X51-D40, 14.x before 14.1X53-D30, and 15.x before 15.1X53-D20 on QFX5100 and QFX10002 switches do not have sufficient entropy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic encryption and authentication protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors

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Juniper Junos OS before 13.2X51-D40, 14.x before 14.1X53-D30, and 15.x before 15.1X53-D20 on QFX5100 and QFX10002 switches do not have sufficient entropy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic encryption and authentication protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors

Published Apr 15, 2016

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.66%

Description

Juniper Junos OS before 13.2X51-D40, 14.x before 14.1X53-D30, and 15.x before 15.1X53-D20 on QFX5100 and QFX10002 switches do not have sufficient entropy, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic encryption and authentication protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.66% 0.00664

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00664

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.66% (0.00664)	49.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.66% (0.00664)	46.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00167)	35.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00151)	52.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.15% (0.00151)	51.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.15% (0.00151)	49.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (1)

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10746
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10746		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 15, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2015

Link CVE-2016-1273

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-1273

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-1273