What is CVE-2022-29480?

CVE-2022-29480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-29480?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29480 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in F5 Big-Ip

CVE-2022-29480

On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when multiple route domains are configured, undisclosed requests to big3d can cause an increase in CPU resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

F5 Big-Ip — versions 12.1.x, 11.6.x, 14.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

support.f5.com/csp/article/K71103363 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29480?: CVE-2022-29480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-29480?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29480 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.