CVE-2022-22236

Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: When specific valid SIP packets are received the PFE will crash

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 18, 2022 at 02:46 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:28 AM UTC
46 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosSRX5600SRX5800

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When specific valid SIP packets are received the PFE will crash and restart. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series: 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S2, 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R1-S1, 22.1R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 20.4R1.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 20.4R1 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 20.4R3-S4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.1R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.2R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.4R1-S2, 21.4R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 22.1R1-S1, 22.1R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-mx10 (environment) · juniper-mx10000 (environment) · juniper-mx10003 (environment) · juniper-mx10008 (environment) · juniper-mx10016 (environment) · juniper-mx104 (environment) · juniper-mx150 (environment) · juniper-mx2008 (environment) · juniper-mx2010 (environment) · juniper-mx2020 (environment) · juniper-mx204 (environment) · juniper-mx240 (environment) · juniper-mx40 (environment) · juniper-mx480 (environment) · juniper-mx5 (environment) · juniper-mx80 (environment) · juniper-mx960 (environment) · juniper-srx100 (environment) · juniper-srx110 (environment) · juniper-srx1400 (environment) · juniper-srx1500 (environment) · juniper-srx210 (environment) · juniper-srx220 (environment) · juniper-srx240 (environment) · juniper-srx240h2 (environment) · juniper-srx240m (environment) · juniper-srx300 (environment) · juniper-srx320 (environment) · juniper-srx340 (environment) · juniper-srx3400 (environment) · juniper-srx345 (environment) · juniper-srx3600 (environment) · juniper-srx380 (environment) · juniper-srx4000 (environment) · juniper-srx4100 (environment) · juniper-srx4200 (environment) · juniper-srx4600 (environment) · juniper-srx5000 (environment) · juniper-srx5400 (environment) · juniper-srx550 (environment) · juniper-srx550-hm (environment) · juniper-srx550m (environment) · juniper-srx5600 (environment) · juniper-srx5800 (environment) · juniper-srx650 (environment)
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Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

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SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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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-824

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