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CVE-2016-1256

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1256 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Juniper Junos OS. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted IGMPv3 packet, leading to a "multicast denial of service." This vulnerability is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.3. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and its primary impact is availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.1x44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1x44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x44:d10:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1x44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x44:d15:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1x44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x44:d20:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1x44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x44:d25:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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)

junipervendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035107