CVE-2017-10610

SRX Series: Embedded ICMP may cause the flowd process to crash

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 13, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:00 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosSrx Series

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

On SRX Series devices, a crafted ICMP packet embedded within a NAT64 IPv6 to IPv4 tunnel may cause the flowd process to crash. Repeated crashes of the flowd process constitutes an extended denial of service condition for the SRX Series device. This issue only occurs if NAT64 is configured. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D71, 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D55, 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D100 on SRX Series. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 12.1X46-D71, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.3X48-D55, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.1X49-D100, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-srx-series (environment)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.5HIGHjuniper
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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