# CVE-2021-22550: Enclave memory overwrite/overread vulnerability in Asylo UntrustedCacheMalloc::GetBuffer

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-08 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Google LLC Asylo: through 0.6.1

## Description

An attacker can modify the pointers in enclave memory to overwrite arbitrary memory addresses within the secure enclave. It is recommended to update past 0.6.3 or git commit https://github.com/google/asylo/commit/a47ef55db2337d29de19c50cd29b0deb2871d31c

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google LLC Asylo, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/google/asylo/commit/a47ef55db2337d29de19c50cd29b0deb2871d31c

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