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CVE-2023-40542

Published: Oct 10, 2023

Modified: Sep 18, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

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

VendorProductVersions

F5

BIG-IP

unaffected
17.1.0 - < *
affected
16.1.0 - < 16.1.4
affected
15.1.0 - < 15.1.9
affected
14.1.0 - < *
affected
13.1.0 - < *

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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