What is CVE-2022-22228?

CVE-2022-22228 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-22228?

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

Improper input validation in Juniper Junos

CVE-2022-22228

An Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to cause an RPD memory leak leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This memory leak only occurs when the attacker's packets are destined to any configured IPv6 address on the device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S1; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 21.1R1.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th 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 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions unspecified, 21.1, 21.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

sirt@juniper.net (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22228?: CVE-2022-22228 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-1287. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-22228?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.