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CVE-2017-6153

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2018-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Features in F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.3, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 system that utilizes inflate functionality directly, via an iRule, or via the inflate code from PEM module are subjected to a service disruption via a "Zip Bomb" attack.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• BIG-IP: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• BIG-IP ASM: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 11.5.1 through 11.5.5; from 11.6.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; 11.2.1, 13.0.0, 13.1.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041024
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52167636
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041024
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52167636

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