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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-39551 json

Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC: Receipt of specific packets in H.323 ALG causes traffic drop

published 2024-07-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38077

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the H.323 ALG (Application Layer Gateway) of  Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC, allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specific packets causing traffic loss leading to Denial of Service (DoS).

Continued receipt and processing of these specific packets will sustain the Denial of Service condition.

The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.

user@host> show usp memory segment sha data objcache jsf  This issue affects SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC:

*  20.4 before 20.4R3-S10,  *  21.2 before 21.2R3-S6,  *  21.3 before 21.3R3-S5,  *  21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,  *  22.1 before 22.1R3-S4,  *  22.2 before 22.2R3-S2,  *  22.3 before 22.3R3-S1,  *  22.4 before 22.4R3,  *  23.2 before 23.2R2.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4R3-S10, 21.2R3-S6, 21.3R3-S5, 21.4R3-S6, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3-S2, 22.3R3-S1, 22.4R3, 23.2R2
  • juniper junos_os 20.4r3-s10, 21.2r3-s6, 21.3r3-s5, 21.4r3-s6, 22.1r3-s4, 22.2r3-s2, 22.3r3-s1, 22.4r3, 23.2r2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.7 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
CNA 4.0 8.7 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • juniper junos_os

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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