In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2,…

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.4.0 to 11.5.4, 11.2.1, in some cases TMM may crash when processing TCP traffic. This vulnerability affects TMM via a virtual server configured with TCP profile. Traffic processing is disrupted while Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) restarts. If the affected BIG-IP system is configured to be part of a device group, it will trigger a failover to the peer device.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• denial of service
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• F5 Networks, Inc. · BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe

  • affected 12.0.0 - 12.1.2
  • affected 11.6.0 &#xe2
  • affected &#x80
  • affected " 11.6.1
  • affected 11.4.0 &#xe2
  • affected " 11.5.4
  • affected 11.2.1

References (3)

• 101635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1039673 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13421245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2017-6162](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2017-6162.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-6162)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 17:23 UTC.