Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-37670Heap OOB in `UpperBound` and `LowerBound` in TensorFlow

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.7% 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 read from outside of bounds of heap allocated data by sending specially crafted illegal arguments to `tf.raw_ops.UpperBound`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/core/kernels/searchsorted_op.cc#L85-L104) does not validate the rank of `sorted_input` argument. A similar issue occurs in `tf.raw_ops.LowerBound`. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 42459e4273c2e47a3232cc16c4f4fff3b3a35c38. 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-2021-292
PyPItensorflow2.3.4GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow2.4.3GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow2.5.1GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.3GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-583
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.5.1GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-781
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.3GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.5.1GHSA-9697-98pf-4rw7

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:N/A:N

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