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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0001

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute code by exploiting a use-after-free defect found in older versions of PHP through injection of crafted data via specific PHP URLs within the context of the J-Web process.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.33%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute code by exploiting a use-after-free defect found in older versions of PHP through injection of crafted data via specific PHP URLs within the context of the J-Web process. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D67; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S5; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D35; 14.1 versions prior to 14.1R8-S5, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D44, 14.1X53-D50; 14.2 versions prior to 14.2R7-S7, 14.2R8; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R3; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D30; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D70.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
6.33% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
juniper/junos
Source
sirt@juniper.net
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 6.33%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 6.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.