CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8904

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

Published: Aug 12, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.6
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Asylo Google * 0.6.0 (excluding)

Extended Description

While a pointer can contain a reference to any arbitrary memory location, a program typically only intends to use the pointer to access limited portions of memory, such as contiguous memory used to access an individual array. Programs may use offsets in order to access fields or sub-elements stored within structured data. The offset might be out-of-range if it comes from an untrusted source, is the result of an incorrect calculation, or occurs because of another error. If an attacker can control or influence the offset so that it points outside of the intended boundaries of the structure, then the attacker may be able to read or write to memory locations that are used elsewhere in the product. As a result, the attack might change the state of the product as accessed through program variables, cause a crash or instable behavior, and possibly lead to code execution.

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