SRX Series: Crafted packets destined to fxp0 management interface on SRX340/SRX345 devices can lead to DoS

published 2019-04-10 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-0845

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

Crafted packets destined to the management interface (fxp0) of an SRX340 or SRX345 services gateway may create a denial of service (DoS) condition due to buffer space exhaustion. This issue only affects the SRX340 and SRX345 services gateways. No other products or platforms are affected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D160 on SRX340/SRX345; 17.3 on SRX340/SRX345; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3 on SRX340/SRX345; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S1 on SRX340/SRX345; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2 on SRX340/SRX345; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S2, 18.3R2 on SRX340/SRX345. This issue does not affect Junos OS releases prior to 15.1X49 on any platform.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1X49-D160, 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S1, 18.2R2, 18.3R1-S2, 18.3R2

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Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.1	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

kb.juniper.net /JSA10927
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/107873
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-0038
NVD CVE-2019-0038

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