CVE-2018-5501

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CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

1%p69

Published

Mar 1, 2018 (Mar 1, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In some circumstances, on F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, any 11.6.x or 11.5.x release, or 11.2.1, TCP DNS profile allows excessive buffering due to lack of flow control.

Vendors: f5
Products: big-ip local traffic manager, big-ip application acceleration manager, big-ip advanced firewall manager, big-ip analytics, big-ip access policy manager, big-ip application security manager, big-ip dns, big-ip link controller, big-ip policy enforcement manager, big-ip websafe, big-ip edge gateway, big-ip global traffic manager
Weakness: CWE-400
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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