High severity · published Aug 12, 2021
CVE-2021-37657
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can cause undefined behavior via binding a reference to null pointer in all operations of type `tf.raw_ops.MatrixDiagV*`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/linalg/matrix_diag_op.cc) has incomplete validation that the value of `k` is a valid tensor. We have check that this value is either a scalar or a vector, but there is no check for the number of elements. If this is an empty tensor, then code that accesses the first element of the tensor is wrong. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit f2a673bd34f0d64b8e40a551ac78989d16daad09. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TE
Tensorflow · Google
2.3.0 before 2.3.4; 2.4.0 before 2.4.3; 2.5.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37657
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37657
Patch
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/f2a673bd34f0d64b8e40a551ac78989d16daad09
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-5xwc-mrhx-5g3m
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