CVE-2024-39518

Junos OS: MX240, MX480, MX960 platforms using MPC10E: Memory leak will be observed when subscribed to a specific subscription on Junos Telemetry Interface

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 10, 2024 at 11:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:42 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosMx960Mx480

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the telemetry sensor process (sensord) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX240, MX480, MX960 platforms using MPC10E causes a steady increase in memory utilization, ultimately leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). When the device is subscribed to a specific subscription on Junos Telemetry Interface, a slow memory leak occurs and eventually all resources are consumed and the device becomes unresponsive. A manual reboot of the Line Card will be required to restore the device to its normal functioning. This issue is only seen when telemetry subscription is active. The Heap memory utilization can be monitored using the following command:   > show system processes extensive The following command can be used to monitor the memory utilization of the specific sensor   > show system info | match sensord PID NAME MEMORY PEAK MEMORY %CPU THREAD-COUNT CORE-AFFINITY UPTIME 1986 sensord 877.57MB 877.57MB 2 4 0,2-15 7-21:41:32 This issue affects Junos OS: * from 21.2R3-S5 before 21.2R3-S7,  * from 21.4R3-S4 before 21.4R3-S6,  * from 22.2R3 before 22.2R3-S4,  * from 22.3R2 before 22.3R3-S2,  * from 22.4R1 before 22.4R3,  * from 23.2R1 before 23.2R2.

Affected

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

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 22.2R3-S4, 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 23.2R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-mx240 (environment) · juniper-mx480 (environment) · juniper-mx960 (environment)
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Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

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
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Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787

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