CVE-2018-0032: Junos OS: RPD crash when receiving a crafted BGP UPDATE

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: 2018-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The receipt of a crafted BGP UPDATE can lead to a routing process daemon (RPD) crash and restart. Repeated receipt of the same crafted BGP UPDATE can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. This issue only affects the specific versions of Junos OS listed within this advisory. Earlier releases are unaffected by this vulnerability. This crafted BGP UPDATE does not propagate to other BGP peers. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D47; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D91, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S3, 17.4R2.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 16.1x65, 16.1x65-d30, 16.1x65-d35, 16.1x65-d40, 17.2x75, 17.3 (+3)

References

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