CVE-2021-37659CWE-125CWE-476

Out of bounds read via null pointer dereference in TensorFlow

High · published August 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can cause undefined behavior via binding a reference to null pointer in all binary cwise operations that don't require broadcasting (e.g., gradients of binary cwise operations). The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/cwise_ops_common.h#L264) assumes that the two inputs have exactly the same number of elements but does not check that. Hence, when the eigen functor executes it triggers heap OOB reads and undefined behavior due to binding to nullptr. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 93f428fd1768df147171ed674fee1fc5ab8309ec. 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
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-08-12T20:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 20:25Z
    Out of bounds read via null pointer dereference in TensorFlow
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