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CVE-2021-41219

HIGH
Published 2021-11-05T20:50:17
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.033
Higher than 3.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for sparse matrix multiplication is vulnerable to undefined behavior via binding a reference to `nullptr`. This occurs whenever the dimensions of `a` or `b` are 0 or less. In the case on one of these is 0, an empty output tensor should be allocated (to conserve the invariant that output tensors are always allocated when the operation is successful) but nothing should be written to it (that is, we should return early from the kernel implementation). Otherwise, attempts to write to this empty tensor would result in heap OOB access. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

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Affected Products

GitHub Security Advisories

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✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Undefined behavior via `nullptr` reference binding in sparse matrix multiplication

GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x

Advisory Details

### Impact The [code for sparse matrix multiplication](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_matmul_op.cc#L954-L1086) is vulnerable to undefined behavior via binding a reference to `nullptr`: ```python import tensorflow as tf tf.raw_ops.SparseMatMul( a=[[1.0,1.0,1.0]], b=[[],[],[]], transpose_a=False, transpose_b=False, a_is_sparse=False, b_is_sparse=True) ``` This occurs whenever the dimensions of `a` or `b` are 0 or less. In the case on one of these is 0, an empty output tensor should be allocated (to conserve the invariant that output tensors are always allocated when the operation is successful) but nothing should be written to it (that is, we should return early from the kernel implementation). Otherwise, attempts to write to this empty tensor would result in heap OOB access. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [e6cf28c72ba2eb949ca950d834dd6d66bb01cfae](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e6cf28c72ba2eb949ca950d834dd6d66bb01cfae). The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range. ### For more information Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions. ### Attribution This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.

Affected Packages

PyPI tensorflow
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.6.0 <2.6.1
PyPI tensorflow
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.5.0 <2.5.2
PyPI tensorflow
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.4.4
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.6.0 <2.6.1
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.5.0 <2.5.2
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.4.4
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.6.0 <2.6.1
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥2.5.0 <2.5.2
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.4.4

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 10, 2021, Modified: November 7, 2024

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Published: 2021-11-05T20:50:17
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T03:08:31.583Z
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