Juniper Junos OS SIP ALG Buffer Copy DoS on MX/SRX (pre 22.4R3)
CVE-2025-52960 Published on October 9, 2025
Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: Receipt of specific SIP packets in a high utilization situation causes a flowd/mspmand crash
A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input vulnerability in the
Session Initialization Protocol (SIP) ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
When memory utilization is high, and specific SIP packets are received, flowd/mspmand crashes. While the system recovers automatically, the disruption can significantly impact service stability. Continuous receipt of these specific SIP packets, while high utilization is present, will cause a sustained DoS condition. The utilization is outside the attackers control, so they would not be able to deterministically exploit this.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
* All versions before 22.4R3-S7,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S5,
* from 24.2 before 24.2R2.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-52960 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.
CVE-2025-52960 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-52960
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Affected Versions
Juniper Networks Junos OS:- Before 22.4R3-S7 is affected.
- Version 23.2 and below 23.2R2-S4 is affected.
- Version 23.4 and below 23.4R2-S5 is affected.
- Version 24.2 and below 24.2R2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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