CVE-2021-29616 - CVE House

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Status published Low CVE-2021-29616

Null dereference in Grappler's `TrySimplify`

2.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of TrySimplify(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/c22d88d6ff33031aa113e48aa3fc9aa74ed79595/tensorflow/core/grappler/optimizers/arithmetic_optimizer.cc#L390-L401) has undefined behavior due to dereferencing a null pointer in corner cases that result in optimizing a node with no inputs. 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

tensorflow

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Affected Software

tensorflow

Vulnerable Versions:

< 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 14th, 2021

Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation

T1489 Service Stop

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application