CVE-2017-6138

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.58% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, malicious requests made to virtual servers with an HTTP profile can cause the TMM to restart. The issue is exposed with BIG-IP APM profiles, regardless of settings. The issue is also exposed with the non-default "normalize URI" configuration options used in iRules and/or BIG-IP LTM policies.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe≤ 13.0.0enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe≤ 12.1.0 - 12.1.2enisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip access policy manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application security manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application security manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip dns12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_dns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip dns= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_dns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip global traffic manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip global traffic manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip link controller12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip link controller= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip local traffic manager12.1.0 → 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip local traffic manager= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-12-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K34514540 cnnvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040051 enisa_euvd
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K34514540 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040051Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K34514540Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisorynvd

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