Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-37682Use of unitialized value in TensorFlow Lite

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.4% 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 all TFLite operations that use quantization can be made to use unitialized values. [For example](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/lite/kernels/depthwise_conv.cc#L198-L200). The issue stems from the fact that `quantization.params` is only valid if `quantization.type` is different that `kTfLiteNoQuantization`. However, these checks are missing in large parts of the code. We have patched the issue in GitHub commits 537bc7c723439b9194a358f64d871dd326c18887, 4a91f2069f7145aab6ba2d8cfe41be8a110c18a5 and 8933b8a21280696ab119b63263babdb54c298538. 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-2021-304
PyPItensorflow2.3.4GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow2.4.3GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow2.5.1GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.3GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-595
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.4GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.5.1GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4, 2.4.3PYSEC-2021-793
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.4GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.3GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.5.1GHSA-4c4g-crqm-xrxw

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-908 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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