CVE-2022-29210CWE-120CWE-122

Heap buffer overflow due to incorrect hash function in TensorFlow

Medium · published May 20, 2022

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In version 2.8.0, the `TensorKey` hash function used total estimated `AllocatedBytes()`, which (a) is an estimate per tensor, and (b) is a very poor hash function for constants (e.g. `int32_t`). It also tried to access individual tensor bytes through `tensor.data()` of size `AllocatedBytes()`. This led to ASAN failures because the `AllocatedBytes()` is an estimate of total bytes allocated by a tensor, including any pointed-to constructs (e.g. strings), and does not refer to contiguous bytes in the `.data()` buffer. The discoverers could not use this byte vector anyway because types such as `tstring` include pointers, whereas they needed to hash the string values themselves. This issue is patched in Tensorflow versions 2.9.0 and 2.8.1.

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
0.00230 · 13.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2022-05-20T23:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 23:25Z
    Heap buffer overflow due to incorrect hash function in TensorFlow
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