CVE-2015-5516: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the last hop kernel module in F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM, and Link Controller 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.x before HF6, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2 and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP Analytics 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP APM and ASM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, 11.4.x, 11.5.x before 11.5.3 HF2, and 11.6.0 before HF6, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, and 11.3.0, BIG-IP PSM 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 HF15, 11.3.x, and 11.4.x before 11.4.1 HF, Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0, and BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted UDP packets.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Analytics: version 11.0.0 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; version 11.2.1 only; version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Enterprise Manager: version 3.0.0 only; version 3.1.0 only; version 3.1.1 only
F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 10.0.0 only; version 10.0.1 only; version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.3.0 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Protocol Security Module: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: version 10.1.0 only; version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; …
F5 BIG-IQ Application Delivery Controller: version 4.5.0 only
F5 BIG-IQ Cloud: version 4.0.0 only; version 4.1.0 only; version 4.2.0 only; version 4.3.0 only; version 4.4.0 only; version 4.5.0 only
F5 BIG-IQ Device: version 4.2.0 only; version 4.3.0 only; version 4.4.0 only; version 4.5.0 only
F5 BIG-IQ Security: version 4.0.0 only; version 4.1.0 only; version 4.2.0 only; version 4.3.0 only; version 4.4.0 only; version 4.5.0 only

Published 2016-01-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.