{"id":"CVE-2024-39556","aliases":["EUVD-2024-38082","GHSA-4fvx-2mxh-x7v7"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Loading a malicious certificate from the CLI may result in a stack-based overflow","description":"A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.\n\nBy exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\n Junos OS: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7, \n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6, \n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4, \n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3, \n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2, \n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2; \n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, \n  *  from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO, \n  *  from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, \n  *  from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00093,"percentile":0.00558,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-121","CWE-787"],"published":"2024-07-10T22:38:44Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:42:13Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83016","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39556"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fvx-2mxh-x7v7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-39556","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Loading a malicious certificate from the CLI may result in a stack-based overflow","description":"A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.\n\nBy exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\n Junos OS: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7, \n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6, \n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4, \n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3, \n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2, \n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2; \n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, \n  *  from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO, \n  *  from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, \n  *  from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-10T22:38:44.894Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:26:15.938Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-121"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:18.951288Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-38082","description":"A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.\n\nBy exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\n Junos OS: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7, \n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6, \n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4, \n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3, \n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2, \n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2; \n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, \n  *  from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO, \n  *  from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, \n  *  from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 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trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\n Junos OS: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7, \n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6, \n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4, \n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3, \n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2, \n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2; \n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, \n  *  from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO, \n  *  from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, \n  *  from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, \n  *  from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 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