Junos OS: Memory exhaustion denial of service vulnerability in Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support.
Published Oct 10, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.89%
Description
A vulnerability in the Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support can allow a network based unauthenticated attacker to cause a severe memory exhaustion condition on the device. This can have an adverse impact on the system performance and availability. This issue only affects devices with JET support running Junos OS 17.2R1 and subsequent releases. Other versions of Junos OS are unaffected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3;
Affected products
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- Version 17.2StatusaffectedConstraints<17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3
- Version 17.2X75StatusaffectedConstraints<17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110
- Version 17.3StatusaffectedConstraints<17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3
- Version 17.4StatusaffectedConstraints<17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2
- Version 18.1StatusaffectedConstraints<18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3, 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2, 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3, 18.2R1, 18.2X75-D10, 18.3R1, and all subsequent releases.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02887) | 86.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02887) | 85.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01686) | 81.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.77% (0.02767) | 84.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.94% (0.03944) | 80.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.77% (0.02767) | 84.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00396) | 73.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00396) | 73.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 80.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00693) | 79.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 78.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00751) | 78.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 0.66% (0.00655) | 76.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00697) | 77.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 71.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00585) | 74.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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