CVE-2021-29542
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
14/05/2021
Last modified:
25/04/2022
Description
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by passing crafted inputs to `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/1cdd4da14282210cc759e468d9781741ac7d01bf/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L171-L185) fails to consider corner cases where input would be split in such a way that the generated tokens should only contain padding elements. If input is such that `num_tokens` is 0, then, for `data_start_index=0` (when left padding is present), the marked line would result in reading `data[-1]`. 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.1.4 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.2.0 (including) | 2.2.3 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.3.0 (including) | 2.3.3 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.4.0 (including) | 2.4.2 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



