CVE-2021-29542CWE-131

Heap buffer overflow in `StringNGrams`

Low · published May 14, 2021

CVSS v3.1
2.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by passing crafted inputs to `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/1cdd4da14282210cc759e468d9781741ac7d01bf/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L171-L185) fails to consider corner cases where input would be split in such a way that the generated tokens should only contain padding elements. If input is such that `num_tokens` is 0, then, for `data_start_index=0` (when left padding is present), the marked line would result in reading `data[-1]`. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

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
0.00198 · 9.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
Published
2021-05-14T19:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 19:11Z
    Heap buffer overflow in `StringNGrams`
    cvelistv5