CVE-2021-29514

LOW

TensorFlow 2.3.0-2.3.3 - Heap Buffer Overflow in RaggedBincount Op

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. If the `splits` argument of `RaggedBincount` does not specify a valid `SparseTensor`(https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/sparse/SparseTensor), then an attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow. This will cause a read from outside the bounds of the `splits` tensor buffer in the implementation of the `RaggedBincount` op(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8b677d79167799f71c42fd3fa074476e0295413a/tensorflow/core/kernels/bincount_op.cc#L430-L446). Before the `for` loop, `batch_idx` is set to 0. The attacker sets `splits(0)` to be 7, hence the `while` loop does not execute and `batch_idx` remains 0. This then results in writing to `out(-1, bin)`, which is before the heap allocated buffer for the output tensor. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2 and TensorFlow 2.3.3, as these are also affected.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-8h46-5m9h-7553

Scores

CVSS v3 2.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
google/tensorflow 2.3.0 - 2.3.3
pypi/tensorflow 2.3.0 - 2.3.3PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-cpu 2.3.0 - 2.3.3PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-gpu 2.3.0 - 2.3.3PyPI
Published May 14, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026