{"id":"CVE-2025-59969","aliases":["EUVD-2025-209396","GHSA-qr7g-rj69-5948"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS Evolved: QFX5000 Series and PTX Series: An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause evo-aftmand / evo-pfemand to crash and restart","description":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series:\n\n\n\n  *  22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, \n  *  24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00189,"percentile":0.08574,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"published":"2026-04-09T21:25:32Z","modified":"2026-10-07T09:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA103159","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59969"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qr7g-rj69-5948"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59969","title":"Junos OS Evolved: QFX5000 Series and PTX Series: An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause evo-aftmand / evo-pfemand to crash and restart","description":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series:\n\n\n\n  *  22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, \n  *  24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-09T21:25:32.594Z","modified":"2026-04-10T18:15:06.09Z","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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:47.447481Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-209396","description":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series:\n\n\n\n  *  22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, \n  *  24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-09T21:25:32Z","modified":"2026-04-10T18:15:06Z","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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:29.850635Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qr7g-rj69-5948","title":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the...","description":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series:\n\n\n\n  *  22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, \n  *  24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-10T00:30:29Z","modified":"2026-04-10T00:30:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"},{"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:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:07:24.354029Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59969","description":"A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO,\n  *  from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series:\n\n\n\n  *  22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, \n  *  24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-09T22:16:24.1Z","modified":"2026-10-07T09:10:00.16Z","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:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:02.090779Z"}]}}