CVE-2021-22992 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple versions of F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF/BIG-IP ASM virtual servers. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this vulnerability with a specially crafted HTTP response to a virtual server configured with a Login Page, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. In certain scenarios, this flaw could also allow for remote code execution (RCE), resulting in complete system compromise. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100, this vulnerability poses a significant threat. While there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.6.1, < 11.6.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.