CVE-2018-5505
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart...
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart while processing DNS requests when the virtual server is configured with a DNS profile and the Protocol setting is set to TCP.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart while processing DNS requests when the virtual server is configured with a DNS profile and the Protocol setting is set to TCP.
- Record
CVE-2018-5505- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart while processing DNS requests when the virtual server is configured with a DNS profile and the Protocol setting is set to TCP.
- Record
CVE-2018-5505- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17274 No score
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart while processing DNS requests when the virtual server is configured with a DNS profile and the Protocol setting is set to TCP.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17274- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49gj-9j85-2xwr
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart...
On F5 BIG-IP versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.0.3, when ASM and AVR are both provisioned, TMM may restart while processing DNS requests when the virtual server is configured with a DNS profile and the Protocol setting is set to TCP.
- Record
GHSA-49gj-9j85-2xwr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5505 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in F5 Big-ip Analytics, published March 22, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.