CVE-2018-5541

HIGH

F5 BIG-IP ASM DoS via HTTP Parameter Flood (11.5.1-11.5.6, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 13.0.0-13.1.0.1)

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When F5 BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0-13.1.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6 is processing HTTP requests, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104906
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12403422

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 69.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.1 - 11.5.5
Published Jul 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026