Resource exhaustion in BIG-IP Next CNF and BIG-IP AFM - CVE-2025-24312
Published: February 7, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103722
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24312
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when BIG-IP AFM is provisioned with IPS module enabled and protocol inspection profile is configured on a virtual server or firewall rule or policy. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
BIG-IP Next CNF
BIG-IP AFM
BIG-IP AFM
How to mitigate CVE-2025-24312
Install updates from vendor's website.
BIG-IP Next CNF - update to 1.4.0
BIG-IP AFM - addressed in versions 15.1.10.6.0.11.6, 16.1.5.2.0.7.5, 17.1.2
BIG-IP AFM - addressed in versions 15.1.10.6.0.11.6, 16.1.5.2.0.7.5, 17.1.2