CVE-2015-6546

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Published 2015-11-06 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.1

Description

The vCMP host in F5 BIG-IP Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and LTM 11.0.0 before 11.6.0, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 before 11.6.0, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 before 11.6.0, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, BIG-IP PSM 11.0.0 through 11.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "malicious traffic."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_link_controller	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.0.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.1.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.2.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.2.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.3.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.4.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.4.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_analytics	`11.5.3`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.0`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.1`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.2`
f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	`11.5.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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