CVE-2020-5872
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 1.31 % · percentile 70 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2020-04-30 Updated 2024-08-04 Assigner f5 NVD status Modified
Description On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, and 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, when processing TLS traffic with hardware cryptographic acceleration enabled on platforms with Intel QAT hardware, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) may stop responding and cause a failover event.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.4.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0.0 ≤ 14.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3+4 more
Affected products Product Versions BIG-IP affected 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1
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