7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-27718
BIG-IP ASM and WAF JSON Payload Length-Dependent CPU DoS Vulnerability
Description

When a BIG-IP ASM or Advanced WAF system running version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.2, or 11.6.1-11.6.5.2 processes requests with JSON payload, an unusually large number of parameters can cause excessive CPU usage in the BIG-IP ASM bd process.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 24, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27718 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 F5 big-ip_application_security_manager
2 F5 big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58102101 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-27718 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58102101 No Types Assigned https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58102101 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.6.1 up to (including) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.1.0 up to (including) 12.1.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 13.1.0 up to (excluding) 13.1.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.1.0 up to (excluding) 14.1.3.1 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.0.0 up to (excluding) 15.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 16.0.0 up to (excluding) 16.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.6.1 up to (including) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.1.0 up to (including) 12.1.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 13.1.0 up to (excluding) 13.1.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.1.0 up to (excluding) 14.1.3.1 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.0.0 up to (excluding) 15.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 16.0.0 up to (excluding) 16.0.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.01%

score

0.41584

percentile

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