CVE-2020-5946

HIGH

BIG-IP Advanced WAF and FPS <16.0.0.1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In 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, under some circumstances, certain format client-side alerts sent to the BIG-IP virtual server configured with DataSafe may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to restart, resulting in a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53821711

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 71.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
f5/big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.8
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.8
Published Nov 05, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026