CVE-2017-6140

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-20

Description

On the BIG-IP 2000s, 2200s, 4000s, 4200v, i5600, i5800, i7600, i7800, i10600,i10800, and VIPRION 4450 blades, running version 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1 or 12.1.2 of BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, ASM, DNS, GTM or PEM, an undisclosed sequence of packets sent to Virtual Servers with client or server SSL profiles may cause disruption of data plane services.

Affected products

BIG-IP: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
BIG-IP ASM: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (DNS): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0 (+5)

References

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