BIG-IP Memory Utilization Spike via Undisclosed Traffic (CVE202441727)
CVE-2024-41727 Published on August 14, 2024
BIG-IP TMM vulnerability
In BIG-IP tenants running on r2000 and r4000 series hardware, or BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VEs) using Intel E810 SR-IOV NIC, undisclosed traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-41727 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2024-41727 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
F5 BIG-IP:- Version 17.1.0 and below * is unaffected.
- Version 16.1.0 and below 16.1.5 is affected.
- Version 15.1.0 and below * is affected.
Exploit Probability
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