CVE-2022-22249

Junos OS: MX Series: An FPC crash might be seen due to mac-moves within the same bridge domain

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 18, 2022 at 02:46 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:28 AM UTC
18 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosMx960Mx480

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When there is a continuous mac move a memory corruption causes one or more FPCs to crash and reboot. These MAC moves can be between two local interfaces or between core/EVPN and local interface. The below error logs can be seen in PFE syslog when this issue happens: xss_event_handler(1071): EA[0:0]_PPE 46.xss[0] ADDR Error. ppe_error_interrupt(4298): EA[0:0]_PPE 46 Errors sync xtxn error xss_event_handler(1071): EA[0:0]_PPE 1.xss[0] ADDR Error. ppe_error_interrupt(4298): EA[0:0]_PPE 1 Errors sync xtxn error xss_event_handler(1071): EA[0:0]_PPE 2.xss[0] ADDR Error. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: All versions prior to 15.1R7-S13; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S9; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S6; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S2; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2.

Affected

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

v < 15.1v < 15.1R7-S1319.1 ≤ v < 19.1R3-S919.2 ≤ v < 19.2R3-S619.3 ≤ v < 19.3R3-S619.4 ≤ v < 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S820.1R1 ≤ v < 20.1*20.2 ≤ v < 20.2R3-S520.3 ≤ v < 20.3R3-S520.4 ≤ v < 20.4R3-S221.1 ≤ v < 21.1R321.2 ≤ v < 21.2R321.3 ≤ v < 21.3R215.115.1 a115.1 f115.1 f215.1 f2-s115.1 f2-s215.1 f2-s315.1 f2-s415.1 f315.1 f415.1 f515.1 f5-s715.1 f615.1 f6-s115.1 f6-s1015.1 f6-s1215.1 f6-s215.1 f6-s315.1 f6-s415.1 f6-s515.1 f6-s615.1 f6-s715.1 f6-s815.1 f6-s915.1 f715.1 r115.1 r215.1 r315.1 r415.1 r4-s715.1 r4-s815.1 r4-s915.1 r515.1 r5-s115.1 r5-s315.1 r5-s515.1 r5-s615.1 r615.1 r6-s115.1 r6-s215.1 r6-s315.1 r6-s415.1 r6-s615.1 r715.1 r7-s115.1 r7-s1015.1 r7-s1115.1 r7-s1215.1 r7-s215.1 r7-s315.1 r7-s415.1 r7-s515.1 r7-s615.1 r7-s715.1 r7-s815.1 r7-s919.119.1 r119.1 r1-s119.1 r1-s219.1 r1-s319.1 r1-s419.1 r1-s519.1 r1-s619.1 r219.1 r2-s119.1 r2-s219.1 r2-s319.1 r319.1 r3-s119.1 r3-s219.1 r3-s319.1 r3-s419.1 r3-s519.1 r3-s619.1 r3-s719.1 r3-s819.219.2 r119.2 r1-s119.2 r1-s219.2 r1-s319.2 r1-s419.2 r1-s519.2 r1-s619.2 r1-s719.2 r1-s819.2 r1-s919.2 r219.2 r2-s119.2 r319.2 r3-s119.2 r3-s219.2 r3-s319.2 r3-s419.2 r3-s519.319.3 r119.3 r1-s119.3 r219.3 r2-s119.3 r2-s219.3 r2-s319.3 r2-s419.3 r2-s519.3 r2-s619.3 r319.3 r3-s119.3 r3-s219.3 r3-s319.3 r3-s419.3 r3-s519.419.4 r119.4 r1-s119.4 r1-s219.4 r1-s319.4 r1-s419.4 r219.4 r2-s119.4 r2-s219.4 r2-s319.4 r2-s419.4 r2-s519.4 r2-s619.4 r319.4 r3-s119.4 r3-s219.4 r3-s319.4 r3-s419.4 r3-s519.4 r3-s619.4 r3-s720.1 r120.1 r1-s120.1 r1-s220.1 r1-s320.1 r1-s420.1 r220.1 r2-s120.1 r2-s220.1 r320.1 r3-s120.1 r3-s220.1 r3-s320.1 r3-s420.1R120.220.2 r120.2 r1-s120.2 r1-s220.2 r1-s320.2 r220.2 r2-s120.2 r2-s220.2 r2-s320.2 r320.2 r3-s120.2 r3-s220.2 r3-s320.2 r3-s420.320.3 r120.3 r1-s120.3 r1-s220.3 r220.3 r2-s120.3 r320.3 r3-s120.3 r3-s220.3 r3-s320.3 r3-s420.420.4 r120.4 r1-s120.4 r220.4 r2-s120.4 r2-s220.4 r320.4 r3-s121.121.1 r121.1 r1-s121.1 r221.1 r2-s121.1 r2-s221.221.2 r121.2 r1-s121.2 r1-s221.2 r221.2 r2-s121.2 r2-s221.321.3 r121.3 r1-s121.3 r1-s2
Affected range stops below 15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.1R7-S13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.1R3-S9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.2R3-S6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.3R3-S6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.1*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.2R3-S5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.3R3-S5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.4R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.3R2, 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)
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Remediation

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMjuniper
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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