What is CVE-2024-47493?

CVE-2024-47493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-47493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-47493 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2024-47493

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of the Juniper Networks Junos OS on the MX Series platforms with Trio-based FPCs allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause…

EPSS: 0.004 (27.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 21.2, 21.4, 22.1
Juniper Mx10004
Juniper Mx10008
Juniper Mx2008
Juniper Mx2010
Juniper Mx2020
Juniper Mx204
Juniper Mx240
Juniper Mx304
Juniper Mx480

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

sirt@juniper.net (Permissions Required, vendor-advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (Technical Description, related)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47493?: CVE-2024-47493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-47493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-47493 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.