Unchecked buffer overrun in enc_untrusted_recvmsg

published 2020-12-15 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29771

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

An arbitrary memory read vulnerability in Asylo versions up to 0.6.0 allows an untrusted attacker to make a call to enc_untrusted_recvmsg using an attacker controlled result parameter. The parameter size is unchecked allowing the attacker to read memory locations outside of the intended buffer size including memory addresses within the secure enclave. We recommend upgrading or past commit fa6485c5d16a7355eab047d4a44345a73bc9131e

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/google/asylo@fa6485c commit

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Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Google LLC Asylo

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com /google/asylo/commit/fa6485c5d16a7355eab047d4a44345a73bc9131e
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8940
NVD CVE-2020-8940

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