CVE-2020-27713
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied...
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied to a virtual server and the BIG-IP system receives a request with specific characteristics, the connection is reset and the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) leaks memory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied to a virtual server and the BIG-IP system receives a request with specific characteristics, the connection is reset and the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) leaks memory.
- Record
CVE-2020-27713- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied to a virtual server and the BIG-IP system receives a request with specific characteristics, the connection is reset and the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) leaks memory.
- Record
CVE-2020-27713- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-20217 No score
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied to a virtual server and the BIG-IP system receives a request with specific characteristics, the connection is reset and the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) leaks memory.
- Record
EUVD-2020-20217- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-72qv-726v-82fq No score
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied...
In certain configurations on version 13.1.3.4, when a BIG-IP AFM HTTP security profile is applied to a virtual server and the BIG-IP system receives a request with specific characteristics, the connection is reset and the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) leaks memory.
- Record
GHSA-72qv-726v-82fq- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-27713 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in F5 Big-ip, published December 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.