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CVE-2025-22891 (GCVE-0-2025-22891)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-05 17:31 – Updated: 2025-02-05 18:21
VLAI
Title
BIG-IP PEM Vulnerability
Summary
When BIG-IP PEM Control Plane listener Virtual Server is configured with Diameter Endpoint profile, undisclosed traffic can cause the Virtual Server to stop processing new client connections and an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 18:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 BIG-IP Affected: 17.1.0 , < 17.1.2 (custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < 16.1.5 (custom)
Affected: 15.1.0 , < * (custom)
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Date Public
2025-02-05 15:00
Credits
F5
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