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CVE-2015-5516

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Published 2016-01-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Memory leak in the last hop kernel module in F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM, and Link Controller 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.x before HF6, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2 and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP Analytics 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP APM and ASM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, and 11.3.0, BIG-IP PSM 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, and 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF, Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0, and BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted UDP packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
f5big-iq_application_delivery_controller4.5.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.0.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.0.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.1.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.0.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.1.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.1.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.0.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.1.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.1.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.2
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.3
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.4
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.0.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.1.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.3.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.1.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.0.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.1.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.0
f5big-iq_security4.0.0
f5big-iq_security4.1.0
f5big-iq_security4.2.0
f5big-iq_security4.3.0
f5big-iq_security4.4.0
f5big-iq_security4.5.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.1.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.0.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.1.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.1.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.0.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.1.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_link_controller10.1.0
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.0
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.2
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.3
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.4
f5big-ip_link_controller11.0.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.1.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.2.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.3.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.2
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.3
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.3.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.0.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.1.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.2.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.3.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.4.0
f5big-iq_cloud4.5.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.0
f5big-iq_device4.2.0
f5big-iq_device4.3.0
f5big-iq_device4.4.0
f5big-iq_device4.5.0
f5big-ip_enterprise_manager3.0.0
f5big-ip_enterprise_manager3.1.0
f5big-ip_enterprise_manager3.1.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.1.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.2
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.3
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.4
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.0.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.1.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.3.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.0.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.1.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.2.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.2.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.3.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.2
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.3
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.1.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.1
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.2
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.3
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.4
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.0.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.1.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.2.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.2.1
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.3.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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