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CVE-2021-22976 (GCVE-0-2021-22976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-12 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
VLAI
Summary
On BIG-IP Advanced WAF and ASM version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions, when the BIG-IP ASM system processes WebSocket requests with JSON payloads, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a BIG-IP Advanced WAF & BIG-IP ASM Affected: 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, and all 12.1.x versions
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