{"id":"CVE-2017-6148","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6148","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:56:50.367Z","title":"The data plane is impacted and exposed only when a SOCKS proxy profile is attached to a Virtual Server.","description":"Responses to SOCKS proxy requests made through F5 BIG-IP version 13.0.0, 12.0.0-12.1.3.1, 11.6.1-11.6.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.5 may cause a disruption of services provided by TMM. The data plane is impacted and exposed only when a SOCKS proxy profile is attached to a Virtual Server. The control plane is not impacted by this vulnerability.","published":"2018-04-13T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:51.000Z","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-20"],"affected":["f5/big-ip local traffic manager","f5/big-ip application acceleration manager","f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager","f5/big-ip access policy manager","f5/big-ip application security manager","f5/big-ip link controller","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip websafe"],"epss":{"score":0.01296,"percentile":0.702,"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 (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55225440","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55225440","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6148","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."}