CVE-2021-23044

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

<1%p59

Published

Sep 14, 2021 (Sep 14, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

On BIG-IP version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression driver is used on affected BIG-IP hardware and BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) platforms, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Vendors: f5
Products: big-ip access policy manager, big-ip advanced firewall manager, big-ip analytics, big-ip application acceleration manager, big-ip application security manager, big-ip domain name system, big-ip fraud protection service, big-ip global traffic manager, big-ip link controller, big-ip local traffic manager, big-ip policy enforcement manager
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.9%)

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