Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-41219
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.
Products affected by CVE-2021-41219
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-41219
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 15 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-41219
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.6
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
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6.4
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NIST | |
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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NIST | |
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-41219
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The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2021-41219
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x
Undefined behavior via `nullptr` reference binding in sparse matrix multiplication · Advisory · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHubExploit;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e6cf28c72ba2eb949ca950d834dd6d66bb01cfae
Validate that matrix dimension sizes in SparseMatMul are positive. · tensorflow/tensorflow@e6cf28c · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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