CVE-2021-37637 Null pointer dereference in `CompressElement` in TensorFlow

2021-08-1218:15:11

CWE-476

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

tensorflow

null pointer dereference

compresselement

github commit 5dc7f6981fdaf74c8c5be41f393df705841fb7c5

machine learning

CVSS3

7.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

JSON

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. It is possible to trigger a null pointer dereference in TensorFlow by passing an invalid input to tf.raw_ops.CompressElement. The implementation was accessing the size of a buffer obtained from the return of a separate function call before validating that said buffer is valid. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 5dc7f6981fdaf74c8c5be41f393df705841fb7c5. 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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "tensorflow",
    "vendor": "tensorflow",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 2.3.4"
      }
    ]
  }
]