CVE-2016-4545

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 21% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: June 7, 2016 (3627 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

Virtual servers in F5 BIG-IP 11.5.4, when SSL profiles are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and Traffic Management Microkernel restart) via an SSL alert during the handshake.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

f5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip advanced firewall managerf5 big-ip local traffic managerf5 big-ip analyticsf5 big-ip global traffic managerf5 big-ip policy enforcement managerf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip application security manager

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com