Is CVE-2020-5946 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5946 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5946?

CVE-2020-5946 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5946?

CVE-2020-5946 has an EPSS score of 1.03% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5946?

Upgrade big-ip advanced web application firewall to 16.0.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5946

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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).

How to fix

Remediation Available

big-ip advanced web application firewallNVD

Affected:>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1Fixed in:16.0.1CVE-2020-5946derived from NVD

big-ip fraud protection serviceNVD

Affected:>= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1Fixed in:16.0.1CVE-2020-5946derived 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

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.03%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.f5.com

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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.