AI Threat Alert

CVE-2021-41208

HIGH
Published November 5, 2021

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for boosted trees in TensorFlow is still missing validation. As a result, attackers can trigger denial of...

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Affected Systems

Package Ecosystem Vulnerable Range Patched
tensorflow pip — No patch
tensorflow pip — No patch
tensorflow pip — No patch
tensorflow pip — No patch
tensorflow pip — No patch

Severity & Risk

CVSS 3.1
7.8 / 10
EPSS
N/A
KEV Status
Not in KEV
Sophistication
N/A

Recommended Action

No patch available

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Compliance Impact

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Technical Details

NVD Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code for boosted trees in TensorFlow is still missing validation. As a result, attackers can trigger denial of service (via dereferencing `nullptr`s or via `CHECK`-failures) as well as abuse undefined behavior (binding references to `nullptr`s). An attacker can also read and write from heap buffers, depending on the API that gets used and the arguments that are passed to the call. Given that the boosted trees implementation in TensorFlow is unmaintained, it is recommend to no longer use these APIs. We will deprecate TensorFlow's boosted trees APIs in subsequent releases. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476 Primary CWE-476 CWE-824

CVSS Vector

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

References

Timeline

Published
November 5, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
First Seen
November 5, 2021
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