What is CVE-2015-8098?

CVE-2015-8098 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-8098?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-8098 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager

CVE-2015-8098

F5 BIG-IP APM 11.4.1 before 11.4.1 HF9, 11.5.x before 11.5.3, and 11.6.0 before 11.6.0 HF4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to processing a Citrix Remote Desktop…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.109 (93.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager — versions 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

1034609 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8098?: CVE-2015-8098 is a critical-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-8098?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8098 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.