Medium severity · published Jul 25, 2018
CVE-2018-5537
A remote attacker may be able to disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.2.1-11.5.6 if the TMM virtual server is configured with a…
5.3
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A remote attacker may be able to disrupt services on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.2.1-11.5.6 if the TMM virtual server is configured with a HTML or a Rewrite profile. TMM may restart while processing some specially prepared HTML content from the back end.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% 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
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.2; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
10.1.0 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Edge Gateway · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BW
Big-ip Webaccelerator · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.0 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
BW
Big-ip Websafe · F5
11.2.1 through 11.5.6; 11.6.1 through 11.6.3.1; 12.1.0 through 12.1.3.5; 13.0.0 through 13.1.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5537
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5537
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94105051
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