CVE-2018-5503 describes a vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) versions 13.0.0-13.1.0.3 and 12.0.0-12.1.3.1. A specially crafted web page, when processed by a virtual server with an associated PEM policy configured for content insertion, can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high availability impact as it can lead to a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.0.0, < 12.1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0.0, < 13.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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