CVE-2018-5536 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Networks INC Big-ip
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A remote attacker via undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit an F5 BIG-IP APM 13.0.0-13.1.0.7 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.5 virtual server configured with an APM per-request policy object and cause a memory leak in the APM module.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0 — 12.1.3.5+2
▶CVEListV5f5_networks_inc/big-ip12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 13.0.0-13.1.0.7+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-24wx-mghc-gchm: A remote attacker via undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit an F5 BIG-IP APM 13↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5536: A remote attacker via undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit an F5 BIG-IP APM 13↗2018-07-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2018-5536: A remote attacker via undisclosed measures, may be able to exploit an F5 BIG-IP APM 13↗2018-07-25
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CVE-2018-5536 — F5 vulnerability | cvebase