Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2022 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2022-27182

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in BIG-IP from F5. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, when BIG-IP packet filters are enabled and a virtual server is configured with the type set to Reject, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5	BIG-IP	16.1.x – before 16.1.2.215.1.x – before 15.1.5.114.1.x – before 14.1.4.6

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31856317 x_refsource_MISC