CVE-2021-37649

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The code for tf.raw_ops.UncompressElement can be made to trigger a null pointer dereference. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/data/experimental/compression_ops.cc#L50-L53) obtains a pointer to a CompressedElement from a Variant tensor and then proceeds to dereference it for decompressing. There is no check that the Variant tensor contained a CompressedElement, so the pointer is actually nullptr. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 7bdf50bb4f5c54a4997c379092888546c97c3ebd. 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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.012

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow 2.3.4	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow 2.4.3	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow 2.5.1	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu 2.3.4	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu 2.4.3	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu 2.5.1	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu 2.3.4	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu 2.4.3	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu 2.5.1	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow for linux 2.3.4	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow for linux 2.4.3	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow for linux 2.5.1	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu for linux 2.3.4	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu for linux 2.4.3	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-cpu for linux 2.5.1	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu for linux 2.3.4	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu for linux 2.4.3	Linux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-tensorflow-gpu for linux 2.5.1	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234