Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-29545
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in converting sparse tensors to CSR Sparse matrices. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/800346f2c03a27e182dd4fba48295f65e7790739/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse/kernels.cc#L66) does a double redirection to access an element of an array allocated on the heap. If the value at `indices(i, 0)` is such that `indices(i, 0) + 1` is outside the bounds of `csr_row_ptr`, this results in writing outside of bounds of heap allocated data. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-29545
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 11 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-29545
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
3.9
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2.9
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nvd@nist.gov |
5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
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3.6
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nvd@nist.gov |
2.5
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LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
1.0
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1.4
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security-advisories@github.com |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-29545
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The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-29545
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-hmg3-c7xj-6qwm
Heap buffer overflow in `SparseTensorToCSRSparseMatrix` · Advisory · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHubExploit;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/1e922ccdf6bf46a3a52641f99fd47d54c1decd13
Fix crash in `SparseTensorToCSRSparseMatrixCPUFunctor` · tensorflow/tensorflow@1e922cc · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2021-29545
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*