CVE-2016-1257

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Published 2016-01-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

5.9

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

The Routing Engine in Juniper Junos OS 13.2R5 through 13.2R8, 13.3R1 before 13.3R8, 13.3R7 before 13.3R7-S3, 14.1R1 before 14.1R6, 14.1R3 before 14.1R3-S9, 14.1R4 before 14.1R4-S7, 14.1X51 before 14.1X51-D65, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D12, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D28, 14.1X53 before 4.1X53-D35, 14.2R1 before 14.2R5, 14.2R3 before 14.2R3-S4, 14.2R4 before 14.2R4-S1, 15.1 before 15.1R3, 15.1F2 before 15.1F2-S2, and 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D40, when LDP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RPD routing process crash) via a crafted LDP packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.