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CVE-2018-5514

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.5, maliciously crafted HTTP/2 request frames can lead to denial of service. There is data plane exposure for virtual servers when the HTTP2 profile is enabled. There is no control plane exposure to this issue.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• BIG-IP: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• BIG-IP ASM: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: from 13.1.0 through 13.1.0.5

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104097
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040804
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45320419
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104097
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040804
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45320419

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