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CVE-2021-22991

critical · 9.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-01-18Remediation due 2022-02-01

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, undisclosed requests to a virtual server may be incorrectly handled by the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) URI normalization, which may trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a DoS attack. In certain situations, it may theoretically allow bypass of URL based access control or remote code execution (RCE). Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

9.8
CVSS
61.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2021-03-31
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_analytics>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_analytics>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_analytics>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_analytics>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_analytics>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_application_security_manager>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.3
f5big-ip_domain_name_system>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.6
f5big-ip_domain_name_system>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.4
f5big-ip_domain_name_system>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.2.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1.1

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