CVE-2020-5942

7.5 highEPSS 1.0%

High (7.5) in f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In BIG-IP PEM versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.2, when processing Capabilities-Exchange-Answer (CEA) packets with certain attributes from the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may generate a core file and restart.

Severity

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

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-11-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K82530456
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K82530456

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