CVE-2018-5539 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP ASM versions 11.2.1 through 13.1.0.7. Under specific conditions related to CSRF protection processing, the BIG-IP ASM bd process can restart and generate a core file. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity and high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.1, <= 11.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0.0, <= 13.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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