CVE-2021-37688

HIGH

Google Tensorflow < 2.3.4 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can craft a TFLite model that would trigger a null pointer dereference, which would result in a crash and denial of service. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/149562d49faa709ea80df1d99fc41d005b81082a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/optimized/optimized_ops.h#L268-L285) unconditionally dereferences a pointer. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 15691e456c7dc9bd6be203b09765b063bf4a380c. 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (6)
google/tensorflow 2.5.0
google/tensorflow 2.6.0 rc0 (3 CPE variants)
google/tensorflow 2.3.0 - 2.3.4
pypi/tensorflow 0 - 2.3.4PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-cpu 2.5.0 - 2.5.1PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-gpu 0 - 2.3.4PyPI
Published Aug 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026