CVE-2020-15224

Socket syscalls can leak enclave memory contents in Open Enclave

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2020 at 06:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenenclave

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

In Open Enclave before version 0.12.0, an information disclosure vulnerability exists when an enclave application using the syscalls provided by the sockets.edl is loaded by a malicious host application. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read privileged data from the enclave heap across trust boundaries. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information otherwise considered confidential in an enclave, which could be used in further compromises. The issue has been addressed in version 0.12.0 and the current master branch. Users will need to to recompile their applications against the patched libraries to be protected from this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.12.0
Affected range stops below 0.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

6.8MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-552NVD-CWE-Other

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