Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-30405

Juniper Junos ≤ 21.2

Published
12 April 2024
Modified
10 April 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 8.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0063 47th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-30405 is a high-severity Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size (CWE-131) vulnerability in Juniper Junos. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 47th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX 5000 Series devices using SPC2 line cards while ALGs are enabled allows an attacker sending specific crafted packets to cause a transit traffic Denial of Service (DoS).…

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Continued receipt and processing of these specific packets will sustain the Denial of Service condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX 5000 Series with SPC2 with ALGs enabled. * All versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S6; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S5; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R2.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

juniper
junos
21.2, 21.4, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 · ≤ 21.2

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer security testing and code review can discover incorrect buffer-size computations before deployment.

Secure engineering principles directly require correct buffer-size arithmetic and bounds-checked allocation.

Input validation can enforce that supplied lengths or counts used in size calculations are within safe bounds.

Memory-protection mechanisms limit the exploitability of an overflow that results from an incorrect size calculation.

Flaw-remediation processes that include vulnerability scanning or static analysis will surface buffer-size errors.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent buffer-size miscalculations via coding standards, reviews, and testing, while fixing this single weakness only partially fulfills the broader control.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

degrades

Secure coding standards directly require correct buffer-size calculations.

finds

Security testing can detect buffer-size errors before release.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates size-checking practices that reduce buffer-size miscalculations.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size validation rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include safe memory-allocation guidelines.

References