CVE-2024-30398

Junos OS: SRX4600 Series - A high amount of specific traffic causes packet drops and an eventual PFE crash

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: April 12, 2024 at 03:26 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:26 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosSrx4600

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When a high amount of specific traffic is received on a SRX4600 device, due to an error in internal packet handling, a consistent rise in CPU memory utilization occurs. This results in packet drops in the traffic and eventually the PFE crashes. A manual reboot of the PFE will be required to restore the device to original state. This issue affects Junos OS: * 21.2 before 21.2R3-S7, * 21.4 before 21.4R3-S6, * 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5, * 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3, * 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2, * 22.4 before 22.4R3, * 23.2 before 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2.

Affected

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

Junos · Juniper Networks

95%

21.2 ≤ v < 21.2R3-S721.4 ≤ v < 1.4r3-s621.4 ≤ v < 21.4R3-S622.1 ≤ v < 22.1R3-S522.2 ≤ v < 22.2r3-s322.3 ≤ v < 22.3r3-s222.4 ≤ v < 22.4r323.2 ≤ v < 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R223.2 ≤ v < 23.2r1-s223.2 ≤ v < 23.2r221.2 21.2 r1 21.2 r1-s1 21.2 r1-s2 21.2 r2 21.2 r2-s1 21.2 r2-s2 21.2 r3 21.2 r3-s1 21.2 r3-s2 21.2 r3-s3 21.2 r3-s4 21.2 r3-s5 21.2 r3-s6 21.4 21.4 r1 21.4 r1-s1 21.4 r1-s2 21.4 r2 21.4 r2-s1 21.4 r2-s2 21.4 r3 21.4 r3-s1 21.4 r3-s2 21.4 r3-s3 21.4 r3-s4 21.4 r3-s5 22.1 22.1 r1 22.1 r1-s1 22.1 r1-s2 22.1 r2 22.1 r2-s1 22.1 r2-s2 22.1 r3 22.1 r3-s1 22.1 r3-s2 22.1 r3-s3 22.1 r3-s4 22.2 22.2 r1 22.2 r1-s1 22.2 r1-s2 22.2 r2 22.2 r2-s1 22.2 r2-s2 22.2 r3 22.2 r3-s1 22.2 r3-s2 22.3 22.3 r1 22.3 r1-s1 22.3 r1-s2 22.3 r2 22.3 r2-s1 22.3 r2-s2 22.3 r3 22.3 r3-s1 22.4 22.4 r1 22.4 r1-s1 22.4 r1-s2 22.4 r2 22.4 r2-s1 22.4 r2-s2 23.2 23.2 r1 23.2 r1-s1

Affected range stops below 1.4r3-s6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 21.2R3-S7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 21.4R3-S6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.1R3-S5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.2R3-S3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.3R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.4R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.2r1-s2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.2r2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

juniper-srx4600 (environment)

Srx4600 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79176

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79176

Technical DescriptionIssue Tracking

Source: [email protected]

https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHjuniper

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

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StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-119

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