CVE-2013-6016

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, and WOM 10.0.0 through 10.2.2 and 11.0.0; Analytics 11.0.0; PSM 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, 10.0.0 through 10.2.4, and 11.0.0 through 11.4.1; and WebAccelerator 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, 10.0.0 through 10.2.4, and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0 might change a TCP connection to the ESTABLISHED state before receiving the ACK packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGFPE or assertion failure and TMM restart) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 11.0.0
BIG-IP ASM: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 11.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 9.4.5, 9.4.6, 9.4.7, 9.4.8, 10.0.0, 10.0.1 (+13)
F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 9.4.0, 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.4.3, 9.4.4, 9.4.5 (+16)

References

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