VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-5022

critical
Published 2016-09-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

F5 BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP AAM, AFM, and PEM 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16 and 11.3.0; BIG-IP GTM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.4 HF2, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF1; BIG-IP PSM 11.2.x before 11.2.1 HF16, 11.3.x, and 11.4.0 through 11.4.1; Enterprise Manager 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; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0; BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0; and iWorkflow 2.0.0, when Packet Filtering is enabled on virtual servers and possibly self IP addresses, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Traffic Management Microkernel restart) and possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted network traffic.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/06/sol06045217.html

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
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_controller11.5.4
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.1
f5big-ip_link_controller12.0.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.0.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.0.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.1
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_webaccelerator11.2.0
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.3.0
f5big-iq_application_delivery_controller4.5.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.0.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.2.0
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.3.0
f5big-iq_device4.2.0
f5big-iq_device4.3.0
f5big-iq_device4.4.0
f5big-iq_device4.5.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.0.0
f5big-iq_centralized_management4.6.0
f5big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration1.0.0
f5f5_iworkflow2.0.0
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_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.3.0
f5enterprise_manager3.1.1
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
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_analytics11.5.4
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.1
f5big-ip_analytics12.0.0
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

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.