CVE-2021-23044
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 0.93 % · percentile 61 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2021-09-14 Updated 2024-08-03 Assigner f5 NVD status Modified Description On BIG-IP version 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x, when the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) compression driver is used on affected BIG-IP hardware and BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) platforms, undisclosed traffic can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.1.0 < 15.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0.0 < 16.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.0 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.6cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 < 13.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 < 14.1.4.2+26 more Affected products Product Versions BIG-IP affected 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.3.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.4.2, 13.1.x before 13.1.4.1, and all versions of 12.1.x and 11.6.x
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