CVE-2016-9252

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+11)
BIG-IP: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+6)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+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 (+6)
BIG-IP ASM: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+11)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+8)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+11)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+11)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+6)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1
F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

References

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