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CVE-2017-6135

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, a slow memory leak as a result of undisclosed IPv4 or IPv6 packets sent to BIG-IP management port or self IP addresses may lead to out of memory (OOM) conditions.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 13.0.0
• BIG-IP: 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 13.0.0
• BIG-IP ASM: 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (DNS): 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 13.0.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 13.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 13.0.0
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 13.0.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040050
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43322910
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040050
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K43322910

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