CVE-2024-47501 Null dereference in Junos OS

What is CVE-2024-47501?

CVE-2024-47501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 11 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the

packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600, and EX9200 with EX9200-15C allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

In a VPLS or Junos Fusion scenario, the execution of specific show commands will cause all FPCs hosting VPLS sessions or connecting to satellites to crash and restart.

This issue affects Junos on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600 and EX9200 with EX9200-15C: 

* All version before 21.2R3-S1, * 21.3 versions before 21.3R3,  * 21.4 versions before 21.4R2.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47501?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Junos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-47501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos

• CVE-2023-36845 Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-1631 Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-21590 Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Exploited Medium 6.7
• CVE-2023-36851 Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2023-36844 Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification Exploited Medium 5.3

All Juniper Junos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9w3v-447q-g6xg.