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CVE-2017-6148

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6148 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP versions 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.2, and 11.5.1-11.5.5. Specifically, crafted SOCKS proxy requests can disrupt services provided by the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) when a SOCKS proxy profile is attached to a Virtual Server. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to high availability impact on the data plane. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.f5.com / csp/article/K55225440
Vendor Advisory