CVE-2021-29514CWE-787

Heap out of bounds write in `RaggedBinCount`

Low · published May 14, 2021

CVSS v3.1
2.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. If the `splits` argument of `RaggedBincount` does not specify a valid `SparseTensor`(https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/sparse/SparseTensor), then an attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow. This will cause a read from outside the bounds of the `splits` tensor buffer in the implementation of the `RaggedBincount` op(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8b677d79167799f71c42fd3fa074476e0295413a/tensorflow/core/kernels/bincount_op.cc#L430-L446). Before the `for` loop, `batch_idx` is set to 0. The attacker sets `splits(0)` to be 7, hence the `while` loop does not execute and `batch_idx` remains 0. This then results in writing to `out(-1, bin)`, which is before the heap allocated buffer for the output tensor. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2 and TensorFlow 2.3.3, as these are also affected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
2.5 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-05-14T19:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 19:36Z
    Heap out of bounds write in `RaggedBinCount`
    cvelistv5