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CVE-2021-37681: NPE in TFLite

August 25, 2021 (updated November 13, 2024)

The implementation of SVDF in TFLite is vulnerable to a null pointer error:

TfLiteTensor* state = GetVariableInput(context, node, kStateTensor);
// ...
GetTensorData<float>(state)

The GetVariableInput function can return a null pointer but GetTensorData assumes that the argument is always a valid tensor.

TfLiteTensor* GetVariableInput(TfLiteContext* context, const TfLiteNode* node,
int index) {
TfLiteTensor* tensor = GetMutableInput(context, node, index);
return tensor->is_variable ? tensor : nullptr;
}

Furthermore, because GetVariableInput calls GetMutableInput which might return nullptr, the tensor->is_variable expression can also trigger a null pointer exception.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xwj-5r4v-429p
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-594.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-792.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-303.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/lite/kernels/svdf.cc
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/5b048e87e4e55990dae6b547add4dae59f4e1c76
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-7xwj-5r4v-429p
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37681

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.3.4, all versions starting from 2.4.0 before 2.4.3, all versions starting from 2.5.0 before 2.5.1, version 2.5.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.4
  • 2.4.3
  • 2.5.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

pypi/tensorflow-cpu/CVE-2021-37681.yml

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