CVE-2022-35998 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2022-35998

`CHECK` fail in `EmptyTensorList` in TensorFlow

5.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. If `EmptyTensorList` receives an input `element_shape` with more than one dimension, it gives a `CHECK` fail that can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c8ba76d48567aed347508e0552a257641931024d. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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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:

< 2.7.2, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.1, >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 16th, 2022

Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1562 Impair Defenses

Defense Evasion

T1485 Data Destruction