CVE-2024-39560
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Memory leak due to RSVP neighbor persistent error leading to kernel crash
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a logically adjacent downstream RSVP neighbor to cause kernel memory exhaustion, leading to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
The kernel memory leak and eventual crash will be seen when the downstream RSVP neighbor has a persistent error which will not be corrected.
System kernel memory can be monitored through the use of the 'show system kernel memory' command as shown below:
user@router> show system kernel memory Real memory total/reserved: 4130268/ 133344 Kbytes kmem map free: 18014398509110220 Kbytes
This issue affects: Junos OS:
- All versions before 20.4R3-S9,
- All versions of 21.2,
- from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Memory leak due to RSVP neighbor persistent error leading to kernel crash
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a logically adjacent downstream RSVP neighbor to cause kernel memory exhaustion, leading to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
The kernel memory leak and eventual crash will be seen when the downstream RSVP neighbor has a persistent error which will not be corrected.
System kernel memory can be monitored through the use of the 'show system kernel memory' command as shown below:
user@router> show system kernel memory Real memory total/reserved: 4130268/ 133344 Kbytes kmem map free: 18014398509110220 Kbytes
This issue affects: Junos OS:
- All versions before 20.4R3-S9,
- All versions of 21.2,
- from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2024-39560- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:A - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38086
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a logically adjacent downstream RSVP neighbor to cause kernel memory exhaustion, leading to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
The kernel memory leak and eventual crash will be seen when the downstream RSVP neighbor has a persistent error which will not be corrected.
System kernel memory can be monitored through the use of the 'show system kernel memory' command as shown below:
user@router> show system kernel memory Real memory total/reserved: 4130268/ 133344 Kbytes kmem map free: 18014398509110220 Kbytes
This issue affects: Junos OS:
- All versions before 20.4R3-S9,
- All versions of 21.2,
- from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38086- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:A - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gc6q-hh4v-5gvq
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd)...
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a logically adjacent downstream RSVP neighbor to cause kernel memory exhaustion, leading to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
The kernel memory leak and eventual crash will be seen when the downstream RSVP neighbor has a persistent error which will not be corrected.
System kernel memory can be monitored through the use of the 'show system statistics kernel memory' command as shown below:
user@router> show system statistics kernel memory Memory Size (kB) Percentage When Active 753092 18.4% Now Inactive 574300 14.0% Now Wired 443236 10.8% Now Cached 1911204 46.6% Now Buf 32768 0.8% Now Free 385072 9.4% Now Kernel Memory Now Data 312908 7.6% Now Text 2560 0.1% Now ...
This issue affects: Junos OS:
- All versions before 20.4R3-S9,
- from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.
- Record
GHSA-gc6q-hh4v-5gvq- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a logically adjacent downstream RSVP neighbor to cause kernel memory exhaustion, leading to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
The kernel memory leak and eventual crash will be seen when the downstream RSVP neighbor has a persistent error which will not be corrected.
System kernel memory can be monitored through the use of the 'show system kernel memory' command as shown below:
user@router> show system kernel memory Real memory total/reserved: 4130268/ 133344 Kbytes kmem map free: 18014398509110220 Kbytes
This issue affects: Junos OS:
- All versions before 20.4R3-S9,
- All versions of 21.2,
- from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S5-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2024-39560- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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:A/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-39560 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Juniper Junos, published July 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.