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GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

MediumCVSS 5.9 / 10
Published Nov 13, 2020·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
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No affected components available

Description

Impact

An attacker can pass an invalid axis value to tf.quantization.quantize_and_dequantize:

tf.quantization.quantize_and_dequantize(
    input=[2.5, 2.5], input_min=[0,0], input_max=[1,1], axis=10)

This results in accessing a dimension outside the rank of the input tensor in the C++ kernel implementation:

const int depth = (axis_ == -1) ? 1 : input.dim_size(axis_);

However, dim_size only does a DCHECK to validate the argument and then uses it to access the corresponding element of an array:

int64 TensorShapeBase<Shape>::dim_size(int d) const {
  DCHECK_GE(d, 0);
  DCHECK_LT(d, dims());
  DoStuffWith(dims_[d]);
}

Since in normal builds, DCHECK-like macros are no-ops, this results in segfault and access out of bounds of the array.

Patches

We have patched the issue in eccb7ec454e6617738554a255d77f08e60ee0808 and will release TensorFlow 2.4.0 containing the patch. TensorFlow nightly packages after this commit will also have the issue resolved.

For more information

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Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported in #42105

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.9

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. 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 availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.4

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

EPSS
0.91%

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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