VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-15311
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
When F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.6 is processing specially crafted TCP traffic with the Large Receive Offload (LRO) feature enabled, TMM may crash, leading to a failover event. This vulnerability is not exposed unless LRO is enabled, so most affected customers will be on 13.1.x. LRO has been available since 11.4.0 but is not enabled by default until 13.1.0.
Primary references
- f5sirt@f5.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory