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CVE-2021-29576: TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `tf.raw…

Occurred
May 14, 2021
Published
May 14, 2021
Source
NVD CVE

Summary

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `tf.raw_ops.MaxPool3DGradGrad` is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/596c05a159b6fbb9e39ca10b3f7753b7244fa1e9/tensorflow/core/kernels/pooling_ops_3d.cc#L694-L696) does not check that the initialization of `Pool3dParameters` completes successfully. Since the constructor(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/596c05a159b6fbb9e39ca10b3f7753b7244fa1e9/tensorflow/core/kernels/pooling_ops_3d.cc#L48-L88) uses `OP_REQUIRES` to validate conditions, the first assertion that fails interrupts the initialization of `params`, making it contain invalid data. In turn, this might cause a heap buffer overflow, depending on default initialized values. 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.

Tags

  • CVE
  • CVE-2021-29576
  • cvss:LOW

Classification

Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: CVE describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in TensorFlow ML library, affecting model execution stability.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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