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CVE-2017-2330

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2330 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller Application versions prior to 2.1.0 Service Pack 1. An unauthenticated, local attacker can exploit this flaw by initiating a fork bomb, causing processes to replicate until system resources are exhausted, leading to a complete system outage requiring a restart. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.2 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity with high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:juniper:northstar_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

juniperworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

kb.juniper.net / JSA10783
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97618
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry