VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-6162

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.67%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 1.67% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
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
Source: f5sirt@f5.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101635Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039673Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13421245Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101635Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039673Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13421245Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.