{"id":"CVE-2017-6164","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6164","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:19:47.883Z","title":"In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, in some circumstances, Traffic Management…","description":"In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, in some circumstances, Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed TLS1.2 records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.","published":"2017-12-21T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 analytics","f5/big-ip access policy manager","f5/big-ip application security manager","f5/big-ip dns","f5/big-ip global traffic manager","f5/big-ip link controller","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip websafe","f5/big-ip edge gateway","f5/big-ip webaccelerator"],"epss":{"score":0.03935,"percentile":0.90325,"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 (3.94%). 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/1040054","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02714910","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040054","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02714910","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6164","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."}