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TI-2020-07172 Aliases CVE-2020-8938GHSA-74pw-fvg5-f337

Arbitrary enclave memory location write from untrusted environment

Priority LOW 23CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An arbitrary memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo versions up to 0.6.0 allows an attacker to make a host call to FromkLinuxSockAddr with attacker controlled content and size of klinux_addr which allows an attacker to write memory values from within the enclave. We recommend upgrading past commit a37fb6a0e7daf30134dbbf357c9a518a1026aa02

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0013 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GoogleAsyloup to 0.6.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Asylo VendorGoogle Affected up to 0.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:asylo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.6.0VulnerableGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:asylo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.6.0 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8938
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-74pw-fvg5-f337

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2020-07152 Arbitrary trusted memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2021-05511 Enclave memory overwrite/overread vulnerability in Asylo UntrustedCacheMalloc::GetBuffer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-05510 Arbitrary enclave memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo TrustedPrimitives::UntrustedCall CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-05509 Arbitrary enclave memory overread vulnerability in Asylo TrustedPrimitives::UntrustedCall CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-07169 Memory corruption in Google Asylo CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-07153 Confidential Information Disclosure vulnerability in Asylo CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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