CVE-2020-8904 is a vulnerability in Google Asylo
Published on August 12, 2020
Arbitrary trusted memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo
An arbitrary memory overwrite vulnerability in the trusted memory of Asylo exists in versions prior to 0.6.0. As the ecall_restore function fails to validate the range of the output_len pointer, an attacker can manipulate the tmp_output_len value and write to an arbitrary location in the trusted (enclave) memory. We recommend updating Asylo to version 0.6.0 or later.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-8904 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Untrusted pointer offset Vulnerability?
The program performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the resulting pointer.
CVE-2020-8904 has been classified to as an Untrusted pointer offset vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-8904
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Affected Versions
Google LLC Asylo:- Version stable and below 0.6.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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