CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-37679

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Published: Aug 12, 2021 | Modified: Aug 19, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions it is possible to nest a tf.map_fn within another tf.map_fn call. However, if the input tensor is a RaggedTensor and there is no function signature provided, code assumes the output is a fully specified tensor and fills output buffer with uninitialized contents from the heap. The t and z outputs should be identical, however this is not the case. The last row of t contains data from the heap which can be used to leak other memory information. The bug lies in the conversion from a Variant tensor to a RaggedTensor. The implementation does not check that all inner shapes match and this results in the additional dimensions. The same implementation can result in data loss, if input tensor is tweaked. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 4e2565483d0ffcadc719bd44893fb7f609bb5f12. 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.

Weakness

When converting from one data type to another, such as long to integer, data can be omitted or translated in a way that produces unexpected values. If the resulting values are used in a sensitive context, then dangerous behaviors may occur.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tensorflow Google 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.4 (excluding)
Tensorflow Google 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.3 (excluding)
Tensorflow Google 2.5.0 (including) 2.5.0 (including)
Tensorflow Google 2.6.0-rc0 (including) 2.6.0-rc0 (including)
Tensorflow Google 2.6.0-rc1 (including) 2.6.0-rc1 (including)
Tensorflow Google 2.6.0-rc2 (including) 2.6.0-rc2 (including)

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