Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-37655Heap OOB in `ResourceScatterUpdate` in TensorFlow

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in tensorflow from tensorflow. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can trigger a read from outside of bounds of heap allocated data by sending invalid arguments to `tf.raw_ops.ResourceScatterUpdate`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/resource_variable_ops.cc#L919-L923) has an incomplete validation of the relationship between the shapes of `indices` and `updates`: instead of checking that the shape of `indices` is a prefix of the shape of `updates` (so that broadcasting can happen), code only checks that the number of elements in these two tensors are in a divisibility relationship. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 01cff3f986259d661103412a20745928c727326f. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPItensorflow2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-277
PyPItensorflow2.3.4GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow2.4.3GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow2.5.1GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.3GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-568
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.5.1GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-766
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.3GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.5.1GHSA-7fvx-3jfc-2cpc

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tensorflow tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3< 2.3.4

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

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