CVE-2021-37646

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams` is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue caused by converting a signed integer value to an unsigned one and then allocating memory based on this value. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L184) calls `reserve` on a `tstring` with a value that sometimes can be negative if user supplies negative `ngram_widths`. The `reserve` method calls `TF_TString_Reserve` which has an `unsigned long` argument for the size of the buffer. Hence, the implicit conversion transforms the negative value to a large integer. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5. 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.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Aug 2021, 15:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-681
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5 - (MISC) https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5 - Patch, Third Party Advisory

12 Aug 2021, 21:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-08-12 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-37646

Mitre link : CVE-2021-37646

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37646


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Products Affected

google

  • tensorflow
CWE
CWE-681

Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types