{"id":"CVE-2018-5537","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5537","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:09:51.410Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-07-25T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:00:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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 edge gateway","f5/big-ip global traffic manager","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip webaccelerator","f5/big-ip websafe"],"epss":{"score":0.01194,"percentile":0.67868,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94105051","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94105051","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5537","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."}