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CVE-2020-8938

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-12-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-8938
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.13%
Linux

Original NVD Description

An arbitrary memory overwrite vulnerability in Asylo versions up to 0.6.0 allows an attacker to make a host call to FromkLinuxSockAddr with attacker controlled content and size of klinux_addr which allows an attacker to write memory values from within the enclave. We recommend upgrading past commit a37fb6a0e7daf30134dbbf357c9a518a1026aa02

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