CVE-2020-5946 describes a Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF and FPS versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.7. Specifically, malformed client-side alerts sent to a BIG-IP virtual server configured with DataSafe can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction to achieve a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
> 15.1.0, < 15.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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