CVE-2022-22192 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-22192

Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: An attacker can cause a kernel panic by sending a malformed TCP packet to the device

Vulnerability Description

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When an incoming TCP packet destined to the device is malformed there is a possibility of a kernel panic. Only TCP packets destined to the ports for BGP, LDP and MSDP can trigger this. This issue only affects PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016. No other PTX Series devices or other platforms are affected. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 20.4-EVO versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-EVO; 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 20.4R1-EVO.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Juniper Networks

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Affected Software

Junos OS Evolved
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified, 20.4-EVO, 21.3-EVO, 21.4-EVO, 22.1-EVO

Timeline

Official Publish: October 18th, 2022
Last Modified: May 12th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1286

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.