Junos OS: EX2200-C Series, EX3200 Series, EX3300 Series, EX4200 Series, EX4500 Series, EX4550 Series, EX6210 Series, EX8208 Series, EX8216 Series: Receipt of a crafted ARP packet by an adjacent attacker will cause the sfid process to core. (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2021-0271

MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 35 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-04-22 19:37 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 16:59 UTC
Assigner: juniper
NVD status: Modified

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Description

A Double Free vulnerability in the software forwarding interface daemon (sfid) process of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacently-connected attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a crafted ARP packet to the device. Continued receipt and processing of the crafted ARP packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX2200-C Series, EX3200 Series, EX3300 Series, EX4200 Series, EX4500 Series, EX4550 Series, EX6210 Series, EX8208 Series, EX8216 Series. 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S17; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S8. This issue only affects the listed Marvell-chipset based EX Series devices. No other products or platforms are affected.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

References

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11162

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	juniper
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	LOW 3.3	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-2890
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-0271

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-290 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r10-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r10-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.3:r12-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f5-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Juniper Networks · Junos OS	affected 12.3 < 12.3R12-S17 ; affected 15.1 < 15.1R7-S8

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

🟡 Junos OS: EX2200-C Series, EX3200 Series, EX3300 Series, EX4200 Series, EX4500 Series, EX4550 Series, EX6210 Series, EX8208 Series, EX8216 Series: Receipt of a crafted ARP packet by an adjacent attacker will cause the sfid process to core. (Juniper Networks Junos OS)