{"id":"CVE-2016-9252","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9252","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:50:07.448Z","title":"The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through…","description":"The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.","published":"2017-03-27T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-19"],"affected":["f5/big-ip local traffic manager","f5/big-ip application acceleration manager","f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager","f5/big-ip analytics","f5/big-ip access policy manager","f5/big-ip application security manager","f5/big-ip domain name system","f5/big-ip link controller","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip websafe","f5/big-ip edge gateway","f5/big-ip global traffic manager","f5/big-ip protocol security module","f5/big-ip webaccelerator"],"epss":{"score":0.0178,"percentile":0.78141,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038132","source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46535047","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038132","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46535047","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9252","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}