What is CVE-2013-6170?

CVE-2013-6170 is a vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2013-10-17.

Is CVE-2013-6170 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Juniper Junos

CVE-2013-6170

Juniper Junos 10.0 before 10.0S28, 10.4 before 10.4R7, 11.1 before 11.1R5, 11.2 before 11.2R2, and 11.4 before 11.4R1, when in a Next-Generation Multicast VPN (NGEN MVPN) environment, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RPD routing daemon crash) via a large number of crafted PIM (S,G) join requests.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2013-10-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 10.0, 10.4, 11.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

vpereira/smash_

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1029176 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/62973 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/55216 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6170?: CVE-2013-6170 is a vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2013-10-17.
Is CVE-2013-6170 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.