Vulnerability · Published Nov 14, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2024-2551PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using a Specially Crafted Packet

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity null pointer dereference in Cloud NGFW from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop a core system service on the firewall by sending a crafted packet through the data plane that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	see references
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	11.0.0 – before 11.0.510.2.0 – before 10.2.4-h610.1.0 – before 10.1.14
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	see references

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2551 vendor-advisory