CVE-2020-1686

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS 18.4-19.4 - Denial of Service via Malformed IPv6 Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11083

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 58.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (5)
juniper/junos 18.4 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.1 (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.2 (6 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.3 (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.4 r1 (3 CPE variants)
Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026