CVE-2021-22549 Arbitrary enclave memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo TrustedPrimitives::UntrustedCall

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can overwrite arbitrary trusted memory in Asylo, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation within the enclave.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22549?

CVE-2021-22549 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google LLC Asylo, published on 8 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An attacker can modify the address to point to trusted memory to overwrite arbitrary trusted memory. It is recommended to update past 0.6.2 or git commit https://github.com/google/asylo/commit/53ed5d8fd8118ced1466e509606dd2f473707a5c

Weakness: CWE-668, CWE-823

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22549?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Asylo.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22549?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-22549 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-423w-7xwv-vwqw.

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