CVE-2017-6159

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.59% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

47 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the MPTCP option is enabled on a virtual server. Data plane is vulnerable when using the MPTCP option of a TCP profile. There is no control plane exposure. An attacker may be able to disrupt services by causing TMM to restart hence temporarily failing to process traffic.

cvss

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

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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-400USLLM-inferred

affected products (47)

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≤ 11.6.0 &#xe2enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe≤ " 11.6.1enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe≤ &#x80enisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, Websafe≤ 12.0.0 - 12.1.2enisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 11.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 12.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager= 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 11.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 12.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 12.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager= 12.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 11.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 12.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager= 12.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-10-27modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669 cnnvd
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10002335 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669 enisa_euvd
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10002335 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101633Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039669Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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