CVE-2024-21594

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.17% (7th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
41 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Network Services Daemon (NSD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows authenticated, low privileged, local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On an SRX 5000 Series device, when executing a specific command repeatedly, memory is corrupted, which leads to a Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) crash. The NSD process has to be restarted to restore services. If this issue occurs, it can be checked with the following command: user@host> request security policies check The following log message can also be observed: Error: policies are out of sync for PFE node<number>.fpc<number>.pic<number>. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX 5000 Series * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S1; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.

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cvss

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5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · sirt@juniper.net USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (41)

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advisories (1)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0064Juniper Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-01-10csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer aus dem angrenzenden Netzwerk oder ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter, lokaler oder physischer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Juniper JUNOS, Juniper JUNOS Evolved, Juniper SRX Series, Juniper EX Series, Juniper QFX Series, Juniper ACX Series, Juniper PTX Series und Juniper MX Series ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und seine Berechtigungen zu erweitern.

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published 2024-01-12modified 2026-06-17
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