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CVE-2020-5897

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In versions 7.1.5-7.1.9, there is use-after-free memory vulnerability in the BIG-IP Edge Client Windows ActiveX component.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.6.1 through 11.6.5.1; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.5.1; from 13.1.0 through 13.1.3.3; from 14.1.0 through 14.1.2.5; from 15.0.0 through 15.1.0.3
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP APM client for Windows: from 7.1.5 through 7.1.9

References

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20346072
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K20346072

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