CVE-2024-39539

Junos OS: MX Series: Continuous subscriber logins will lead to a memory leak and eventually an FPC crash

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS Score

Published: July 11, 2024 at 04:15 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:42 AM UTC

21 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosMx960Mx480

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Severity

MEDIUM5.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). In a subscriber management scenario continuous subscriber logins will trigger a memory leak and eventually lead to an FPC crash and restart. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * All version before 21.2R3-S6, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S6, * 22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S5, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S3, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S2, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2.

Affected

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

Junos · Juniper Networks

95%

v < 21.2v < 21.2R3-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 < 23.2R221.2 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 21.4 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 23.2 r1-s2

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

Affected range stops below 21.2R3-S6, 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 23.2R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

juniper-mx (environment) · juniper-mx10 (environment) · juniper-mx10000 (environment) · juniper-mx10003 (environment) · juniper-mx10004 (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-mx304 (environment) · juniper-mx40 (environment) · juniper-mx480 (environment) · juniper-mx5 (environment) · juniper-mx80 (environment) · juniper-mx960 (environment)

Mx · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Mx10 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Mx10000 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Mx10003 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions