What is CVE-2022-41806?

CVE-2022-41806 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-41806?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager

CVE-2022-41806

In versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.2 and 15.1.x before 15.1.5.1, when BIG-IP AFM Network Address Translation policy with IPv6/IPv4 translation rules is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
F5 Big-ip Afm — versions 17.0.0, 16.1.x, 15.1.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

f5sirt@f5.com (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41806?: CVE-2022-41806 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-41806?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.