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CVE-2020-27718 (GCVE-0-2020-27718)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-24 14:57 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:18
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a BIG-IP ASM & Advanced WAF Affected: 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, 11.6.1-11.6.5.2
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