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CVE-2022-41806 (GCVE-0-2022-41806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-19 21:22 – Updated: 2025-05-08 18:58
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP AFM NAT64 Policy Vulnerability CVE-2022-41806
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-08 18:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP AFM Unaffected: 17.0.0 , < 17.0.x* (custom)
Affected: 16.1.x , < 16.1.3.2 (custom)
Affected: 15.1.x , < 15.1.5.1 (custom)
Unaffected: 14.1.0 , < 14.1.x* (custom)
Unaffected: 13.1.0 , < 13.1.x* (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-19 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered internally by F5.
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