Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-29580Undefined behavior and `CHECK`-fail in `FractionalMaxPoolGrad`

Low 2.5

In plain English

A low-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 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.4% 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. The implementation of `tf.raw_ops.FractionalMaxPoolGrad` triggers an undefined behavior if one of the input tensors is empty. The code is also vulnerable to a denial of service attack as a `CHECK` condition becomes false and aborts the process. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/169054888d50ce488dfde9ca55d91d6325efbd5b/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_max_pool_op.cc#L215) fails to validate that input and output tensors are not empty and are of the same rank. Each of these unchecked assumptions is responsible for the above issues. 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPItensorflow2.3.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow2.4.2GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow2.1.4GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2PYSEC-2021-217
PyPItensorflow2.2.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.2GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.1.4GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.2.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.3.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2PYSEC-2021-508
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.3.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.2GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.1.4GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2PYSEC-2021-706
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.2.3GHSA-x8h6-xgqx-jqgp

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tensorflow tensorflow < 2.1.4>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2

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

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