CVE-2018-0049
Junos OS: Receipt of a specifically crafted malicious MPLS packet leads to a Junos kernel crash.
02 Description
Junos OS: Receipt of a specifically crafted malicious MPLS packet leads to a Junos kernel crash.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-10-10 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- juniper
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a65957e431e928bb9283d3c4f33cb338a828d1967b38439908a38a9ba4772722
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com105701http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105701
- kb.juniper.nethttps://kb.juniper.net/KB30092
- www.securitytracker.com1041850http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041850
- kb.juniper.nethttps://kb.juniper.net/JSA10883
07 Remediation
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 12.1X46-D81, 12.3R12-S11, 12.3X48-D75, 14.1X53-D130, 14.1X53-D48, 15.1R7-S2, 15.1X49-D150, 5.1X53-D235, 15.1X53-D495, 15.1X53-D68, 15.1X53-D590, 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7-S2, 16.1X65-D48, 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3, 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3, 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D101, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3-S1, 17.3R4, 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2-S1, 17.4R3, 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3, 18.2R1-S2, 18.2R1-S3, 18.2R2, 18.2X75-D20, 18.3R1, and all subsequent releases. Additionally, the following software releases have been re-released to the Juniper download pages to resolve this specific issue: 12.1X46-D76.1, 12.3X48-D70.4, 14.1X53-D47.6, 15.1F6-S10.11, 15.1R6-S6.2, 15.1R7.9, 15.1X49-D140.3, 15.1X53-D233.2, 15.1X53-D59.4, 15.1X53-D67.6, 16.1R6-S3.2, 16.1R7-S1.2, 16.1R7.8, 17.2X75-D100.6, 17.3R2-S2.2, 17.3R3.10, 17.4R1-S3.4, 18.1R2.6. Note: The final ".xy" numeric entry, for example the .4 in 12.3X48-D70.4, on a release in this notice is the respin release number. Customer's should check the respin release number on the version of Junos OS to confirm vulnerability.