CVE-2021-29579

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `tf.raw_ops.MaxPoolGrad` is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/ab1e644b48c82cb71493f4362b4dd38f4577a1cf/tensorflow/core/kernels/maxpooling_op.cc#L194-L203) fails to validate that indices used to access elements of input/output arrays are valid. Whereas accesses to `input_backprop_flat` are guarded by `FastBoundsCheck`, the indexing in `out_backprop_flat` can result in OOB access. 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.

How to fix CVE-2021-29579

To remediate CVE-2021-29579, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 2.1.4 or later
—upgrade to 2.1.4 or later
—upgrade to a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 or later
—upgrade to a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 or later
—upgrade to 2.1.4 or later
—upgrade to a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 or later
—upgrade to 2.1.4 or later

Is CVE-2021-29579 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (7)

from 0, < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2
from 0, < 2.1.4
from 0, < a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 | from 0, < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2
from 0, < a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 | from 0, < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2
from 0, < 2.1.4
from 0, < a74768f8e4efbda4def9f16ee7e13cf3922ac5f7 | from 0, < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2
from 0, < 2.1.4

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 4.0	—	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
osv	CVSS 3.1	LOW2.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L