CVE-2024-39516Network attack vector

Routing daemon crash via malformed BGP attribute

Published Oct 9, 2024 · Updated Oct 16, 2024

Out-of-bounds read in rpd in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows remote attackers to crash and restart rpd. With BGP traceoptions or BGP traffic engineering enabled, rpd reads beyond a buffer while processing a malformed, non-transitive BGP attribute. A reachable BGP peer can repeatedly send the packet to sustain a routing-service outage, but the attribute does not propagate beyond that peer.

CVSS severity8.7
High
EPSS probability0.43%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds read in rpd in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows remote attackers to crash and restart rpd. With BGP traceoptions or BGP traffic engineering enabled, rpd reads beyond a buffer while processing a malformed, non-transitive BGP attribute. A reachable BGP peer can repeatedly send the packet to sustain a routing-service outage, but the attribute does not propagate beyond that peer.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-39516
Published
Oct 9, 2024
Updated
Oct 16, 2024
Vendor
Juniper Networks
Product
Junos OS Evolved
Classifications
CWE-125, T1499.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <21.4R3-S8
  2. Affected versionversion=0 <21.4R3-S8-EVO
  3. Affected versionversion=22.2 <22.2R3-S5
  4. Affected versionversion=22.2-EVO <22.2R3-S5-EVO
  5. Affected versionversion=22.3 <22.3R3-S4
  6. Affected versionversion=22.3-EVO <22.3R3-S4-EVO
  7. Affected versionversion=22.4 <22.4R3-S3
  8. Affected versionversion=22.4-EVO <22.4R3-S3-EVO
  9. Affected versionversion=23.2 <23.2R2-S2
  10. Affected versionversion=23.2-EVO <23.2R2-S2-EVO
  11. Affected versionversion=23.4 <23.4R2
  12. Affected versionversion=23.4-EVO <23.4R2-EVO

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolvedversion=0 <21.4R3-S8; version=0 <21.4R3-S8-EVO; version=22.2 <22.2R3-S5; version=22.2-EVO <22.2R3-S5-EVO; version=22.3 <22.3R3-S4; version=22.3-EVO <22.3R3-S4-EVO; version=22.4 <22.4R3-S3; version=22.4-EVO <22.4R3-S3-EVO; version=23.2 <23.2R2-S2; version=23.2-EVO <23.2R2-S2-EVO; version=23.4 <23.4R2; version=23.4-EVO <23.4R2-EVO
Juniper Networks · Junos OSversion=0 <21.4R3-S8; version=22.2 <22.2R3-S5; version=22.3 <22.3R3-S4; version=22.4 <22.4R3-S3; version=23.2 <23.2R2-S2; version=23.4 <23.4R2

Published CVSS scores

7.5Juniper Networks, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7Juniper Networks, Inc.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

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
T1499.002Service Exhaustion Flood

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