7.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2020-1686

Published: 16/10/2020 Updated: 19/10/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 694
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

On Juniper Networks Junos OS devices, receipt of a malformed IPv6 packet may cause the system to crash and restart (vmcore). This issue can be trigged by a malformed IPv6 packet destined to the Routing Engine. An attacker can repeatedly send the offending packet resulting in an extended Denial of Service condition. Only IPv6 packets can trigger this issue. IPv4 packets cannot trigger this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.4 versions before 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S1; 19.1 versions before 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions before 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions before 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions before 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS before 18.4R1.

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