CVE-2024-21771

HIGH

F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager < 15.1.9 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

For unspecified traffic patterns, BIG-IP AFM IPS engine may spend an excessive amount of time matching the traffic against signatures, resulting in Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarting and traffic disruption.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137595

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (2)
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 17.1.0
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 15.1.0 - 15.1.9
Published Feb 14, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026