Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-22992

Critical

Published: 31 March 2021

Published
31 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0778 92.1th percentile
Risk Priority 24 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-22992 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 7.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On BIG-IP versions 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6, 12.1.x before 12.1.5.3, and 11.6.x before 11.6.5.3, a malicious HTTP response to an Advanced WAF/BIG-IP ASM virtual server with Login Page configured in its policy…

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may trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in a DoS attack. In certain situations, it may allow remote code execution (RCE), leading to complete system compromise. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip advanced web application firewall
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip analytics
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip application security manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip domain name system
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
11.6.1 — 11.6.5.3 · 12.1.0 — 12.1.5.3 · 13.1.0 — 13.1.3.6
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References