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GHSA-c545-c4f9-rf6v

MediumCVSS 5.5 / 10
Published Aug 25, 2021·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

TFLite's expand_dims.cc contains a vulnerability which allows reading one element outside of bounds of heap allocated data:

  if (axis < 0) { 
    axis = input_dims.size + 1 + axis;
  }   
  TF_LITE_ENSURE(context, axis <= input_dims.size);

  TfLiteIntArray* output_dims = TfLiteIntArrayCreate(input_dims.size + 1);
  for (int i = 0; i < output_dims->size; ++i) {
    if (i < axis) {
      output_dims->data[i] = input_dims.data[i];
    } else if (i == axis) {
      output_dims->data[i] = 1;
    } else {
      output_dims->data[i] = input_dims.data[i - 1];
    }
  }

If axis is a large negative value (e.g., -100000), then after the first if it would still be negative. The check following the if statement will pass and the for loop would read one element before the start of input_dims.data (when i = 0).

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit d94ffe08a65400f898241c0374e9edc6fa8ed257.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

For more information

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Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by Yakun Zhang of Baidu Security.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.5

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
5.1

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.17%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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