Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-37692
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions under certain conditions, Go code can trigger a segfault in string deallocation. For string tensors, `C.TF_TString_Dealloc` is called during garbage collection within a finalizer function. However, tensor structure isn't checked until encoding to avoid a performance penalty. The current method for dealloc assumes that encoding succeeded, but segfaults when a string tensor is garbage collected whose encoding failed (e.g., due to mismatched dimensions). To fix this, the call to set the finalizer function is deferred until `NewTensor` returns and, if encoding failed for a string tensor, deallocs are determined based on bytes written. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 8721ba96e5760c229217b594f6d2ba332beedf22. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, which is the other affected version.
Vulnerability category: Input validation
Products affected by CVE-2021-37692
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-37692
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 19 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-37692
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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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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NIST | |
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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NIST | |
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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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-37692
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-37692
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/pull/50508
[Go] Fix segfault on string tensors with mismatched dimensions by wamuir · Pull Request #50508 · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/8721ba96e5760c229217b594f6d2ba332beedf22
Merge pull request #50508 from wamuir:fix-tstring-dealloc · tensorflow/tensorflow@8721ba9 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-cmgw-8vpc-rc59
Segfault on strings tensors with mistmatched dimensions, due to Go code · Advisory · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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