Vulnerability · Published Nov 5, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-41206Incomplete validation of shapes in multiple TF ops

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-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)7.0High
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 open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions several TensorFlow operations are missing validation for the shapes of the tensor arguments involved in the call. Depending on the API, this can result in undefined behavior and segfault or `CHECK`-fail related crashes but in some scenarios writes and reads from heap populated arrays are also possible. We have discovered these issues internally via tooling while working on improving/testing GPU op determinism. As such, we don't have reproducers and there will be multiple fixes for these issues. These fixes will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick these commits on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPItensorflow2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1PYSEC-2021-843
PyPItensorflow2.6.1GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow2.5.2GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow2.4.4GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.5.2GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1PYSEC-2021-845
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.6.1GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-cpu2.4.4GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1PYSEC-2021-847
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.6.1GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.5.2GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
PyPItensorflow-gpu2.4.4GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tensorflow tensorflow >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2< 2.4.4

Weakness: CWE-354 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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