CVE-2023-40542

BIG-IP TCP Profile vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Oct 10, 2023
Updated: Sep 18, 2025
Reserved: Oct 5, 2023

Description

When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	f5

Weaknesses

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

Product	Versions
BIG-IPF5	17.1.0 and laterNot affected 16.1.0 to before 16.1.4Affected 15.1.0 to before 15.1.9Affected 14.1.0 and laterAffected 13.1.0 and laterAffected

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134652vendor-advisory

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