Is CVE-2024-39549 being actively exploited?

CVE-2024-39549 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-39549?

CVE-2024-39549 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2024-39549

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing process daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to send a malformed BGP Path attribute update which allocates memory used to log the bad path attribute. This memory is not properly freed in all circumstances, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Consumed memory can be freed by manually restarting Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd). Memory utilization could be monitored by: user@host> show system memory or show system monitor memory status This issue affects: Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S8, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4, * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1, * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2. Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-401
EPSS score: 0.5% (39th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2024-38075)
Published: July 11, 2024
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-38075 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 26, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Junos Space Network Management Platform, with or without Network Director and with or without Security Director in JA2500 - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3816 - historical
Juniper Networks SRX345/SRX345-DUAL-AC with Junos 15.1X49-D110 - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3247 - historical
Junos-FIPS 10.4 L2 OS Cryptographic Module - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 1813 - historical
Junos-FIPS 10.4 L1 OS Cryptographic Module - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 1772 - historical
JUNOS-FIPS - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 602 - historical

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83011(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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