Junos OS: MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) and PTX1K: Line card may crash upon receipt of specific MPLS packet.

published 2018-07-11 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-0854

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 0; none known

Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) line cards or PTX1K to crash and restart. By continuously sending specific MPLS packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash the line cards or PTX1K causing a sustained Denial of Service. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS with MPC7/8/9 or PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) installed and PTX1K: 15.1F versions prior to 15.1F6-S10; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D46; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S4, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D70, 17.2X75-D90; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S2, 17.4R2. Refer to KB25385 for more information about PFE line cards.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1F6-S10, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7, 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7, 16.1X65-D46, 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3, 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3, 17.2R1-S4, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D70, 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2, 17.4R1-S2, 17.4R2

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Exploit prediction

2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

kb.juniper.net /JSA10864
vendor-advisory
kb.juniper.net /KB25385
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1041325
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-0030
NVD CVE-2018-0030

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