CVE-2018-5530 describes an "HPACK Bomb" vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP virtual servers with HTTP/2 profiles enabled across several product versions (13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1). This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (availability impact) with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.6.0, <= 11.6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0.0, <= 13.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.0, <= 11.6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_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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