CVE-2024-39538 is a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7000 Series. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can trigger a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending specific multicast traffic, causing the FPC to crash and require manual recovery. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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