CVE-2020-1651
MEDIUMJuniper Junos OS 17.2-18.1 - Denial of Service via Layer 2 Frame Memory Leak
Title source: llmDescription
On Juniper Networks MX series, receipt of a stream of specific Layer 2 frames may cause a memory leak resulting in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) on the line card to crash and restart, causing traffic interruption. By continuously sending this stream of specific layer 2 frame, an attacker connected to the same broadcast domain can repeatedly crash the PFE, causing a prolonged Denial of Service (DoS). This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3-S4; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D105.19; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S7; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S3, 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 17.2R1.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11038
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
CWE-19
Status
published
Products (5)
juniper/junos
17.2 (16 CPE variants)
juniper/junos
17.2x75 (5 CPE variants)
juniper/junos
17.3 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos
17.4 (4 CPE variants)
juniper/junos
18.1 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jul 17, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026