What is CVE-2020-1617?

CVE-2020-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-1617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2020-1617

This issue occurs on Juniper Networks Junos OS devices which do not support Advanced Forwarding Interface (AFI) / Advanced Forwarding Toolkit (AFT). Devices using AFI and AFT are not exploitable to this issue. An improper initialization of…

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 17.4, 18.1, 18.2
Juniper Ptx1000
Juniper Ptx10000
Juniper Ptx10001
Juniper Ptx10002
Juniper Ptx10003
Juniper Ptx10008
Juniper Ptx10016
Juniper Ptx3000
Juniper Ptx5000

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1617?: CVE-2020-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-1617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.