Juniper Junos OS Evolved prior 23.2R2-S4-EVO/23.4R2-EVO PFE Management Daemon null pointer dereference

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.3$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Juniper Junos OS Evolved. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component PFE Management Daemon. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-59967. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Juniper Junos OS Evolved. Affected is an unknown code block of the component PFE Management Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509 devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). Whenever specific valid multicast traffic is received on any layer 3 interface the evo-pfemand process crashes and restarts. Continued receipt of specific valid multicast traffic results in a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509:  * from 23.2R2-EVO before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,  * from 23.4R1-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO. This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6. This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509 versions before 23.2R2-EVO.

The advisory is available at supportportal.juniper.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-59967 since 09/23/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 269732 (Juniper Junos OS Vulnerability (JSA103156)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 23.2R2-S4-EVO or 23.4R2-EVO eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (269732) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2238). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Juniper JUNOS

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒
CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒
CNA Vector: 🔒

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (juniper): 🔒

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔒
EPSS Percentile: 🔒

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 269732
Nessus Name: Juniper Junos OS Vulnerability (JSA103156)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Junos OS Evolved 23.2R2-S4-EVO/23.4R2-EVO

Timelineinfo

09/23/2025 CVE reserved
10/09/2025 +16 days Advisory disclosed
10/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: JSA103156
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-59967 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59967
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327738
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2238 - Juniper JUNOS OS, Space, OS Evolved: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2025 18:40
Updated: 10/09/2025 20:44
Changes: 10/09/2025 18:40 (82), 10/09/2025 19:35 (2), 10/09/2025 20:44 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!