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CVE-2016-9252

N/A

Published: March 27, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC

27 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP before 11.5.4 HF3, 11.6.x before 11.6.1 HF2 and 12.x before 12.1.2 does not properly handle minimum path MTU options for IPv6, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) through unspecified vectors.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Big IP Access Policy Manager · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Analytics · F5

95%

11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Application Acceleration Manager · F5

95%

11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Application Security Manager · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Domain Name System · F5

95%

12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Edge Gateway · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1

Big IP Global Traffic Manager · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1

Big IP Link Controller · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Big IP Local Traffic Manager · F5

95%

10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 11.2.1 11.4.0 11.4.1 11.5.0 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.5.4 11.6.0 11.6.1 12.0.0 12.1.0 12.1.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46535047

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038132

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46535047

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-19

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