CVE-2021-37650CWE-120

Segfault and heap buffer overflow in `{Experimental,}DatasetToTFRecord` in TensorFlow

High · published August 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation for `tf.raw_ops.ExperimentalDatasetToTFRecord` and `tf.raw_ops.DatasetToTFRecord` can trigger heap buffer overflow and segmentation fault. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/data/experimental/to_tf_record_op.cc#L93-L102) assumes that all records in the dataset are of string type. However, there is no check for that, and the example given above uses numeric types. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit e0b6e58c328059829c3eb968136f17aa72b6c876. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00182 · 7.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Published
2021-08-12T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 21:00Z
    Segfault and heap buffer overflow in `{Experimental,}DatasetToTFRecord` in TensorFlow
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