01 Record
CVE-2025-21599
Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specifically malformed IPv6 packets causes kernel memory exhaustion leading to Denial of Service
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: juniper
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
02 Description
Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specifically malformed IPv6 packets causes kernel memory exhaustion leading to Denial of Service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. 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
- 2025-01-09 16:46Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-09 19:22Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-12-26
- Assigning CNA
- juniper
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ca0946eb7892b556efa4a02b3ffdc48c00a20502ddd3c0e74cd5df3f712d2c4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved22.4-EVO to < 22.4R3-S5-EVO, 23.2-EVO to < 23.2R2-S2-EVO, 23.4-EVO to < 23.4R2-S2-EVO, 24.2-EVO to < 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO—
06 References
- supportportal.juniper.nethttps://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA92869
07 Remediation
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved: 22.4R3-S5-EVO, 23.2R2-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-S2-EVO, 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO*, 24.4R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases. * Future Release