CVE-2018-5504
HIGHF5 BIG-IP <13.1.0.3, <12.1.3.1 - DoS/Remote Code Execution
Title source: llmDescription
In some circumstances, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed Websockets requests/responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote code execution on the F5 BIG-IP system running versions 13.0.0 - 13.1.0.3 or 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040558
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11718033
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0291
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (13)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_analytics
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_edge_gateway
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_link_controller
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager
12.1.0 - 12.1.3.2
... and 3 more
Published
Mar 22, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026