CVE-2021-41201 Unitialized access in `EinsumHelper::ParseEquation`

2021-11-0520:05:12

CWE-824

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cve-2021-41201

uninitialized access

tensorflow 2.7.0

tensorflow 2.6.1

tensorflow 2.5.2

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.8%

JSON

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affeced versions during execution, EinsumHelper::ParseEquation() is supposed to set the flags in input_has_ellipsis vector and *output_has_ellipsis boolean to indicate whether there is ellipsis in the corresponding inputs and output. However, the code only changes these flags to true and never assigns false. This results in unitialized variable access if callers assume that EinsumHelper::ParseEquation() always sets these flags. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "tensorflow",
    "vendor": "tensorflow",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 2.4.4"
      }
    ]
  }
]