Resource exhaustion in Juniper Junos OS Evolved
CVE-2022-22212
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows unauthenticated network based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos Evolved platforms hostbound protocols will be impacted by a high rate of specific hostbound traffic from ports on a PFE. Continued receipt of this amount of traffic will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 21.2R1.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Juniper Junos OS Evolved — versions 21.2, 21.3
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved — versions unspecified, 21.2, 21.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- kb.juniper.net/JSA69716 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-22212?
- CVE-2022-22212 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos OS Evolved, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-20.
- How severe is CVE-2022-22212?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.