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CVE-2016-9247

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Under certain conditions for BIG-IP systems using a virtual server with an associated FastL4 profile and TCP analytics profile, a specific sequence of packets may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• BIG-IP: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• BIG-IP ASM: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 12.1.0, 12.1.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95405
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037581
• https://support.f5.com/csp/#/article/K33500120
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95405
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037581
• https://support.f5.com/csp/#/article/K33500120

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