CVE-2021-37671
Reference binding to nullptr in map operations in TensorFlow
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 `tf.raw_ops.Map*` and `tf.raw_ops.OrderedMap*` operations. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/core/kernels/map_stage_op.cc#L222-L248) has a check in place to ensure that `indices` is in ascending order, but does not check that `indices` is not empty. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac. 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.
How to fix CVE-2021-37671
To remediate CVE-2021-37671, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.3.4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.4 or later
- —upgrade to 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac or later
- —upgrade to 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.4 or later
- —upgrade to 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.4 or later
Is CVE-2021-37671 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (7)
- >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1
- from 0, < 2.3.4
- from 0, < 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac | >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3
- from 0, < 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac | >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3
- from 0, < 2.3.4
- from 0, < 532f5c5a547126c634fefd43bbad1dc6417678ac | >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3
- from 0, < 2.3.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |