Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2022 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2022-41770BIG-IP and BIG-IQ iControl REST vulnerability CVE-2022-41770

Medium 6.5

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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In BIG-IP versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.1, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.7, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, and BIG-IQ all versions of 8.x and 7.x, an authenticated iControl REST user can cause an increase in memory resource utilization, via undisclosed requests.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
F5 BIG-IP 17.0.x – before 17.0.0.116.1.x – before 16.1.3.115.1.x – before 15.1.714.1.x – before 14.1.5.113.1.0 – before 13.1.x*
F5 BIG-IQ 8.0.0 – before 8.x*7.1.0 – before 7.1.x*

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

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