CVE-2017-6164: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator and WebSafe software version 13.0.0, 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, 11.6.0 - 11.6.1 and 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, in some circumstances, Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) does not properly handle certain malformed TLS1.2 records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; 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: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: from 11.6.0, up to and including 11.6.1; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …

Published 2017-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.