CVE-2021-37689CWE-476

Null pointer dereference in TensorFlow Lite MLIR optimizations

High · published August 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.4
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 craft a TFLite model that would trigger a null pointer dereference, which would result in a crash and denial of service. This is caused by the MLIR optimization of `L2NormalizeReduceAxis` operator. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/149562d49faa709ea80df1d99fc41d005b81082a/tensorflow/compiler/mlir/lite/transforms/optimize.cc#L67-L70) unconditionally dereferences a pointer to an iterator to a vector without checking that the vector has elements. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit d6b57f461b39fd1aa8c1b870f1b974aac3554955. 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
0.00165 · 5.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-08-12T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 22:00Z
    Null pointer dereference in TensorFlow Lite MLIR optimizations
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