Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2020
CVE-2020-5854
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.0-11.6.5.1, the tmm crashes under certain circumstances when using the…
5.9
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.0-11.6.5.1, the tmm crashes under certain circumstances when using the connector profile if a specific sequence of connections are made.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BE
Big-ip Edge Gateway · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BF
Big-ip Fraud Protection Service · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.5.2 through 11.6.5; 12.1.0 before 12.1.5.1; 13.1.0 before 13.1.3.2; 14.0.0 before 14.0.1.1; 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.1; 15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5854
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5854
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K50046200
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