{"id":"CVE-2024-39548","aliases":["EUVD-2024-38074","GHSA-v47j-c7r7-829c"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specific packets in the aftmand process will lead to a memory leak","description":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to consume memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The processes do not recover on their own and must be manually restarted.\n\nThis issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. \n\nChanges in memory usage can be monitored using the following CLI command:\nuser@device\u003e show system memory node \u003cfpc slot\u003e | grep evo-aftmann\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, \n  *  21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, \n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R1-S1-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"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:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00491,"percentile":0.42534,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"published":"2024-07-11T16:26:22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:42:11Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83010","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39548"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v47j-c7r7-829c"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-39548","title":"Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specific packets in the aftmand process will lead to a memory leak","description":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to consume memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The processes do not recover on their own and must be manually restarted.\n\nThis issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. \n\nChanges in memory usage can be monitored using the following CLI command:\nuser@device\u003e show system memory node \u003cfpc slot\u003e | grep evo-aftmann\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, \n  *  21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, \n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R1-S1-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-11T16:26:22.032Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:26:15.884Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"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:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"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-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:19.28149Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-38074","description":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to consume memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The processes do not recover on their own and must be manually restarted.\n\nThis issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. \n\nChanges in memory usage can be monitored using the following CLI command:\nuser@device\u003e show system memory node \u003cfpc slot\u003e | grep evo-aftmann\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, \n  *  21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, \n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R1-S1-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-11T16:26:22Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:26:15Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"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:U","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:18.019857Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-v47j-c7r7-829c","title":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks...","description":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to consume memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The processes do not recover on their own and must be manually restarted.\n\nThis issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. \n\nChanges in memory usage can be monitored using the following CLI command:\nuser@device\u003e show system memory node \u003cfpc slot\u003e | grep evo-aftmann\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, \n  *  21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, \n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R1-S1-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-11T18:31:13Z","modified":"2024-07-31T05:03:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"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:U/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high"},{"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-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:45.682811Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-39548","description":"An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the aftmand process of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to consume memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The processes do not recover on their own and must be manually restarted.\n\nThis issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. \n\nChanges in memory usage can be monitored using the following CLI command:\nuser@device\u003e show system memory node \u003cfpc slot\u003e | grep evo-aftmann\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, \n  *  21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, \n  *  22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, \n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R1-S1-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-11T17:15:14.73Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:42:11.55Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"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:U/V:X/RE:X/U:X","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":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:12.994089Z"}]}}