CVE-2016-7476 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2016-7476

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM,...

7.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, and WebSafe 11.6.0 before 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.0 before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.3.0 before 11.4.1 HF10 may suffer from a memory leak while handling certain types of TCP traffic. Remote attackers may cause a denial of service (DoS) by way of a crafted TCP packet.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

F5 Networks, Inc.

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Affected Software

BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, PSM, WebSafe

Vulnerable Versions:

11.6.0 before 11.6.0 HF6, 11.5.0 before 11.5.3 HF2, 11.3.0 before 11.4.1 HF10

Timeline

Official Publish: May 11th, 2017

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.