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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22550

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

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31 Oct 2026, 12:43 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22550

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jun 2021, 14:15 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2021-22550
Complete source record
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