CVE-2022-22170
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Junos OS: Specific packets over VXLAN cause FPC memory leak and ultimately reset
A Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending specific packets over VXLAN which cause heap memory to leak and on exhaustion the PFE to reset. The heap memory utilization can be monitored with the command: user@host> show chassis fpc This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2. This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS prior to 19.4R1.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Junos OS
- Vendor
- Juniper Networks
- Product
- Junos OS
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified | unaffected | custom | 19.4R1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 19.4 | affected | custom | 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.1 | affected | custom | 20.1R3-S2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.2 | affected | custom | 20.2R3-S3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.3 | affected | custom | 20.3R3-S1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.4 | affected | custom | 20.4R3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 21.1 | affected | custom | 21.1R3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 21.2 | affected | custom | 21.2R2 | Unavailable | None listed |