CVE-2025-24312 (GCVE-0-2025-24312)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-05 17:31 – Updated: 2025-02-12 20:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
BIG-IP AFM vulnerability
Summary
When BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 18:32 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000141380 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | BIG-IP |
Affected:
17.1.0 , < 17.1.2
(custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < * (custom) Affected: 15.1.0 , < * (custom) |
guessed | |
| F5 | BIG-IP Next CNF |
Affected:
1.1.0 , < 1.4.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2025-02-05 15:00
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