CVE-2021-29582
Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-29582 is a security vulnerability discovered in TensorFlow's tf.raw_ops.Dequantize operation. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 13, 2021, affecting TensorFlow versions below 2.5.0. The issue stems from insufficient validation in the Dequantize operation, which could lead to out-of-bounds memory reads (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability occurs due to a lack of validation in tf.rawops.Dequantize where the implementation accesses minrange and maxrange tensors in parallel without verifying that they have the same shape. This oversight allows an attacker to trigger a read from outside the bounds of heap-allocated data. The issue specifically manifests when processing input tensors with mismatched shapes for minrange and max_range parameters (GitHub Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to heap out-of-bounds read operations, potentially causing information disclosure or application crashes. The severity of this vulnerability has been rated as Low by the maintainers (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in multiple TensorFlow versions: 2.5.0, 2.4.2, 2.3.3, 2.2.3, and 2.1.4. The fix was implemented in GitHub commit 5899741d0421391ca878da47907b1452f06aaf1b, which adds proper validation for input tensor shapes (GitHub Advisory).

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