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CVE-2018-5517

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% 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, malformed TCP packets sent to a self IP address or a FastL4 virtual server may cause an interruption of service. The control plane is not exposed to this issue. This issue impacts the data plane virtual servers and self IPs.

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.securitytracker.com/id/1040805
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25573437
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040805
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25573437

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