CVE-2021-41219CWE-824

Undefined behavior via `nullptr` reference binding in sparse matrix multiplication

High · published November 5, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for sparse matrix multiplication is vulnerable to undefined behavior via binding a reference to `nullptr`. This occurs whenever the dimensions of `a` or `b` are 0 or less. In the case on one of these is 0, an empty output tensor should be allocated (to conserve the invariant that output tensors are always allocated when the operation is successful) but nothing should be written to it (that is, we should return early from the kernel implementation). Otherwise, attempts to write to this empty tensor would result in heap OOB access. 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
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
0.00211 · 10.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-824 · Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Published
2021-11-05T20:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 NOV 20:50Z
    Undefined behavior via `nullptr` reference binding in sparse matrix multiplication
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