CVE-2020-27728

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

On BIG-IP ASM & Advanced WAF versions 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, and 14.1.0-14.1.3, under certain conditions, Analytics, Visibility, and Reporting daemon (AVRD) may generate a core file and restart on the BIG-IP system when processing requests sent from mobile devices.

Affected products

F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall: from 14.1.0 before 14.1.3.1; from 15.0.0 before 15.1.1; from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1 — fixed in 14.1.3.1, 15.1.1, 16.0.1
BIG-IP ASM: from 14.1.0 before 14.1.3.1; from 15.0.0 before 15.1.1; from 16.0.0 before 16.0.1 — fixed in 14.1.3.1, 15.1.1, 16.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall 14.1.3.1, 15.1.1, 16.0.1; BIG-IP ASM 14.1.3.1, 15.1.1, 16.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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