CVE-2018-5512 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5. When Large Receive Offload (LRO) and SYN cookies are enabled by default, specific traffic patterns can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve high availability impact, without requiring user interaction or privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_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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