CVE-2018-5527

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.7, a remote attacker using undisclosed methods against virtual servers configured with a Client SSL or Server SSL profile that has the SSL Forward Proxy feature enabled can force the Traffic Management Microkernel (tmm) to leak memory. As a result, system memory usage increases over time, which may eventually cause a decrease in performance or a system reboot due to memory exhaustion.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-772

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
F5 Networks, Inc.BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe)13.1.0-13.1.0..7

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 27, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-5527: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix