CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2020-5939
High (7.5) in f5. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.3, 15.0.0-15.0.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.6, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) systems on VMware, with an Intel-based 85299 Network Interface Controller (NIC) card and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) enabled on vSphere, may fail and leave the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) in a state where it cannot transmit traffic.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
- f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
- f5:big-ip_analytics
- f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
- f5:big-ip_application_security_manager
- f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender
- 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
- f5:big-ip_ssl_orchestrator