Medium severity · published Jun 8, 2017
CVE-2014-6031
Buffer overflow in the mcpq daemon in F5 BIG-IP systems 10.x before 10.2.4 HF12, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF9, 11.5.x before 11.5.2 HF1, and 11.6.0…
4.9
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the mcpq daemon in F5 BIG-IP systems 10.x before 10.2.4 HF12, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF9, 11.5.x before 11.5.2 HF1, and 11.6.0 before HF4, and Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.x before 3.1.1 HF5 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; +11 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +1 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.0.0; 11.1.0; 11.2.0; 11.2.1; 11.3.0; 11.4.0; +5 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.6.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
10.0.0; 10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; +12 more · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Edge Gateway · F5
10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; +5 more · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Enterprise Manager · F5
2.1.0; 2.2.0; 2.3.0; 3.0.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.1 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
10.0.0; 10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; +12 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
10.0.0; 10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; +12 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
10.0.0; 10.0.1; 10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; +13 more · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.3.0; 11.4.0; 11.4.1; 11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; +1 more · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Protocol Security Module · F5
10.0.0; 10.1.0; 10.2.0; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6031
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K16196
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