CVE-2017-10614: Junos OS: A remote unauthenticated attacker can consume large amounts of CPU and/or memory through telnetd

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A vulnerability in telnetd service on Junos OS allows a remote attacker to cause a limited memory and/or CPU consumption denial of service attack. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D45; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D30; 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S9, 14.1R8; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6; 15.1 prior to 15.1F5, 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D40; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D232, 15.1X53-D47.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 12.1x46, 12.1x46-d10, 12.1x46-d15, 12.1x46-d20, 12.1x46-d25, 12.1x46-d30 (+42)

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