Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22842

High

Published: 01 February 2023

Published
01 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0060 69.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22842 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

On BIG-IP versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.8.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a SIP profile is configured on a Message Routing type virtual server, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to…

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terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE(s)
CWE-121CWE-787

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip analytics
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip application security manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip ddos hybrid defender
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip domain name system
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip link controller
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
f5
big-ip local traffic manager
13.1.0 — 13.1.5 · 14.1.0 — 14.1.5.3 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.8.1
+2 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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References