Is CVE-2020-5924 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5924 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5924?

CVE-2020-5924 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5924?

CVE-2020-5924 has an EPSS score of 1.12% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5924?

Upgrade big-ip access policy manager to 12.1.5.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5924

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In BIG-IP APM versions 12.1.0-12.1.5.1 and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, RADIUS authentication leaks memory when the username for authentication is not set.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

big-ip access policy managerNVD

Affected:>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.2Fixed in:12.1.5.2CVE-2020-5924derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

1.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.f5.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.