CVE-2021-29542

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by passing crafted inputs to `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/1cdd4da14282210cc759e468d9781741ac7d01bf/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L171-L185) fails to consider corner cases where input would be split in such a way that the generated tokens should only contain padding elements. If input is such that `num_tokens` is 0, then, for `data_start_index=0` (when left padding is present), the marked line would result in reading `data[-1]`. 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.
Configurations

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History

25 Apr 2022, 20:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-131 CWE-787

18 May 2021, 19:35

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.5
References (MISC) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ba424dd8f16f7110eea526a8086f1a155f14f22b - (MISC) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ba424dd8f16f7110eea526a8086f1a155f14f22b - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-4hrh-9vmp-2jgg - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-4hrh-9vmp-2jgg - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

14 May 2021, 20:56

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CWE CWE-131

14 May 2021, 20:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-05-14 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-29542

Mitre link : CVE-2021-29542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-29542


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Products Affected

google

  • tensorflow
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size