{"id":"CVE-2024-21606","aliases":["EUVD-2024-19254","GHSA-ww73-qp64-xm6q"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS: SRX Series: When \"tcp-encap\" is configured and specific packets are received flowd will crash","description":"A Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nIn a remote access VPN scenario, if a \"tcp-encap-profile\" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed.\n\nThis issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;\n  *  21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;\n  *  21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;\n  *  22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1;\n  *  22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00555,"percentile":0.46611,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"published":"2024-01-12T00:54:51Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:09:49Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75747","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H","tags":["technical-description","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21606"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww73-qp64-xm6q"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-21606","title":"Junos OS: SRX Series: When \"tcp-encap\" is configured and specific packets are received flowd will crash","description":"\nA Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nIn a remote access VPN scenario, if a \"tcp-encap-profile\" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed.\n\nThis issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;\n  *  21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;\n  *  21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;\n  *  22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1;\n  *  22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T00:54:51.832Z","modified":"2025-06-17T21:09:19.784Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-415"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:04.681315Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-19254","description":"\nA Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nIn a remote access VPN scenario, if a \"tcp-encap-profile\" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed.\n\nThis issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;\n  *  21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;\n  *  21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;\n  *  22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1;\n  *  22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T00:54:51Z","modified":"2025-06-17T21:09:19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:21.531807Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ww73-qp64-xm6q","title":"\nA Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS...","description":"\nA Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nIn a remote access VPN scenario, if a \"tcp-encap-profile\" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed.\n\nThis issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;\n  *  21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;\n  *  21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;\n  *  22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1;\n  *  22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T03:30:48Z","modified":"2024-01-12T03:30:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-415"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:23.490471Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-21606","description":"\nA Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nIn a 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22.4R3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T01:15:48.873Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:09:49.277Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-415"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:30.070039Z"}]}}