5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-29544
TensorFlow QuantizeAndDequantizeV4Grad Denial of Service (DoS)
Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in `tf.raw_ops.QuantizeAndDequantizeV4Grad`. This is because the implementation does not validate the rank of the `input_*` tensors. In turn, this results in the tensors being passes as they are to `QuantizeAndDequantizePerChannelGradientImpl`. However, the `vec<T>` method, requires the rank to 1 and triggers a `CHECK` failure otherwise. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2 as this is the only other affected version.

INFO

Published Date :

May 14, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 31, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-29544 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google tensorflow

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in `tf.raw_ops.QuantizeAndDequantizeV4Grad`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/95078c145b5a7a43ee046144005f733092756ab5/tensorflow/core/kernels/quantize_and_dequantize_op.cc#L162-L163) does not validate the rank of the `input_*` tensors. In turn, this results in the tensors being passes as they are to `QuantizeAndDequantizePerChannelGradientImpl`(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/95078c145b5a7a43ee046144005f733092756ab5/tensorflow/core/kernels/quantize_and_dequantize_op.h#L295-L306). However, the `vec<T>` method, requires the rank to 1 and triggers a `CHECK` failure otherwise. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2 as this is the only other affected version. TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in `tf.raw_ops.QuantizeAndDequantizeV4Grad`. This is because the implementation does not validate the rank of the `input_*` tensors. In turn, this results in the tensors being passes as they are to `QuantizeAndDequantizePerChannelGradientImpl`. However, the `vec<T>` method, requires the rank to 1 and triggers a `CHECK` failure otherwise. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2 as this is the only other affected version.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/95078c145b5a7a43ee046144005f733092756ab5/tensorflow/core/kernels/quantize_and_dequantize_op.cc#L162-L163 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/95078c145b5a7a43ee046144005f733092756ab5/tensorflow/core/kernels/quantize_and_dequantize_op.h#L295-L306 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2.0 up to (including) 2.2.3 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.0 up to (including) 2.3.3 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (excluding) 2.4.2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/20431e9044cf2ad3c0323c34888b192f3289af6b No Types Assigned https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/20431e9044cf2ad3c0323c34888b192f3289af6b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6g85-3hm8-83f9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6g85-3hm8-83f9 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2.0 up to (including) 2.2.3 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.3.0 up to (including) 2.3.3 *cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.04%

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0.37628

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