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CVE-2021-29535 Details

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow in `QuantizedMul` by passing in invalid thresholds for the quantization. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/87cf4d3ea9949051e50ca3f071fc909538a51cd0/tensorflow/core/kernels/quantized_mul_op.cc#L287-L290) assumes that the 4 arguments are always valid scalars and tries to access the numeric value directly. However, if any of these tensors is empty, then `.flat<T>()` is an empty buffer and accessing the element at position 0 results in overflow. 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.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google tensorflow
< 2.1.4
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-29535
NVD Published Date:
May 14, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-29535 Details - Not Deferred