CVE-2021-41217CWE-476

Null pointer exception when `Exit` node is not preceded by `Enter` op

Medium · published November 5, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the process of building the control flow graph for a TensorFlow model is vulnerable to a null pointer exception when nodes that should be paired are not. This occurs because the code assumes that the first node in the pairing (e.g., an `Enter` node) always exists when encountering the second node (e.g., an `Exit` node). When this is not the case, `parent` is `nullptr` so dereferencing it causes a crash. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00187 · 7.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-11-05T20:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 NOV 20:55Z
    Null pointer exception when `Exit` node is not preceded by `Enter` op
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