CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects F5, BIG-IP. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-8240
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.76%
F5 BIG-IP
Original NVD Description
The Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and BIG-IP PEM before 11.4.1 HF10, 11.5.x before 11.5.4, and 11.6.x before 11.6.0 HF6 and BIG-IP PSM before 11.4.1 HF10 does not properly handle TCP options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the tm.minpathmtu database variable.