What is CVE-2016-1256?

CVE-2016-1256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-1256?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2016-1256

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X44-D55, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D40, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D25, 12.3 before 12.3R10, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D20, 13.2 before 13.2R8, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D40, 13.3 before 13.3R7, 14.1 before 14.1R5, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D18 or 14.1X53-D30, 14.1X55 before 14.1X55-D25, 14.2 before 14.2R4, 15.1 before 15.1R2, and 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed IGMPv3 packet, aka a "multicast denial of service."

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 12.1x44, 12.1x46, 12.1x47
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1256?: CVE-2016-1256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-1256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.