CVE-2021-29518

LOW

TensorFlow < 2.1.4 - NULL Pointer Dereference in Session Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In eager mode (default in TF 2.0 and later), session operations are invalid. However, users could still call the raw ops associated with them and trigger a null pointer dereference. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/eebb96c2830d48597d055d247c0e9aebaea94cd5/tensorflow/core/kernels/session_ops.cc#L104) dereferences the session state pointer without checking if it is valid. Thus, in eager mode, `ctx->session_state()` is nullptr and the call of the member function is undefined behavior. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg

Scores

CVSS v3 2.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.1%
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-476
Status published
Products (4)
google/tensorflow < 2.1.4
pypi/tensorflow 0 - 2.1.4PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-cpu 0 - 2.1.4PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-gpu 0 - 2.1.4PyPI
Published May 14, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026