CVE-2022-22174Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX4600: Device may run out of memory, causing traffic loss, upon receipt of specific IPv6 packets

Description

A vulnerability in the processing of inbound IPv6 packets in Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 switches may cause the memory to not be freed, leading to a packet DMA memory leak, and eventual Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Once the condition occurs, further packet processing will be impacted, creating a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The following error logs may be observed using the "show heap" command and the device may eventually run out of memory if such packets are received continuously. Jan 12 12:00:00 device-name fpc0 (buf alloc) failed allocating packet buffer Jan 12 12:00:01 device-name fpc0 (buf alloc) failed allocating packet buffer user@device-name> request pfe execute target fpc0 timeout 30 command "show heap" ID Base Total(b) Free(b) Used(b) % Name -- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- ----------- 0 246fc1a8 536870488 353653752 183216736 34 Kernel 1 91800000 16777216 12069680 4707536 28 DMA 2 92800000 75497472 69997640 5499832 7 PKT DMA DESC 3 106fc000 335544320 221425960 114118360 34 Bcm_sdk 4 97000000 176160768 200 176160568 99 Packet DMA <<<<<<<<<<<<<< 5 903fffe0 20971504 20971504 0 0 Blob This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600: 18.3R3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S6; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S5, 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-S1, 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS: Any versions prior to 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S6; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2.

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Affected products

• Juniper Networks · Junos OS

  • affected 18.3 – < 18.3R3-S6
  • affected 18.4 – < 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9
  • affected 19.1 – < 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7
  • affected 19.2 – < 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S3
  • affected 19.3 – < 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S4
  • affected 19.4 – < 19.4R2-S5, 19.4R3-S6
  • affected 20.1 – < 20.1R3-S1
  • affected 20.2 – < 20.2R3-S2
  • affected 20.3 – < 20.3R3-S1
  • affected 20.4 – < 20.4R3
  • affected 21.1 – < 21.1R2-S1, 21.1R3
  • affected 21.2 – < 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2

• Juniper Networks · Junos OS

  • unaffected unspecified – < 17.4R3
  • unaffected 18.1 – < 18.1R3-S6
  • unaffected 18.2 – < 18.2R3
  • unaffected 18.3 – < 18.3R3
  • unaffected 18.4 – < 18.4R2
  • unaffected 19.1 – < 19.1R2

What to do

Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 18.3R3-S6, 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S4, 19.4R2-S5, 19.4R3-S6, 20.1R3-S1, 20.2R3-S2, 20.3R3-S1, 20.4R3, 21.1R2-S1, 21.1R3, 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2, 21.3R1, 21.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

Workaround: There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• EUVD EUVD-2022-27321 (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 20:32 UTC.