CVE-2020-5875
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management...
CVE-2020-5875 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in F5 Big-ip, published April 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.31%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 7.5 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 1.31%EPSS, 71st percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart while processing SSL traffic with an HTTP/2 full proxy.
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
Affected products
- f5 big-ip
- f5 big-ip access policy manager
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager
- f5 big-ip analytics
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager
- f5 big-ip application security manager
- f5 big-ip domain name system
- f5 big-ip fraud protection service
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager
- f5 big-ip link controller
- f5 big-ip local traffic manager
- f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager
What each source reports
NVD Score used
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart while processing SSL traffic with an HTTP/2 full proxy.
- Record
CVE-2020-5875- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart while processing SSL traffic with an HTTP/2 full proxy.
- Record
CVE-2020-5875- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-27029No score
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart while processing SSL traffic with an HTTP/2 full proxy.
- Record
EUVD-2020-27029- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rq46-9gcm-q848No score
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management...
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1 and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, under certain conditions, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart while processing SSL traffic with an HTTP/2 full proxy.
- Record
GHSA-rq46-9gcm-q848- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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.