CVE-2016-5022

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP AAM, AFM, and PEM 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16 and 11.3.0; BIG-IP GTM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1; BIG-IP PSM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, and 11.4.0 through 11.4.1; Enterprise Manager 3.1.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0; BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0; and iWorkflow 2.0.0, when Packet Filtering is enabled on virtual servers and possibly self IP addresses, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Traffic Management Microkernel restart) and possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted network traffic.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+7)
BIG-IP: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+7)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+4)
BIG-IP ASM: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+7)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+6)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+7)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0 (+7)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1
F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0
F5 Big-Iq Application Delivery Controller: 4.5.0
F5 BIG-IQ: 4.6.0
F5 Big-Iq Cloud: 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration: 1.0.0
F5 Big-Iq Device: 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Big-Iq Security: 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0
F5 Networks, Inc. Enterprise Manager: 3.1.1
F5 Networks, Inc. F5 iWorkflow: 2.0.0

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