CVE-2020-15209

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15209
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-16 15:45:00 UTC
DescriptionIn tensorflow-lite before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, a crafted TFLite model can force a node to have as input a tensor backed by a `nullptr` buffer. This can be achieved by changing a buffer index in the flatbuffer serialization to convert a read-only tensor to a read-write one. The runtime assumes that these buffers are written to before a possible read, hence they are initialized with `nullptr`. However, by changing the buffer index for a tensor and implicitly converting that tensor to be a read-write one, as there is nothing in the model that writes to it, we get a null pointer dereference. The issue is patched in commit 0b5662bc, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Tensorflow All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Tensorflow Tensorflow All All All All
Application Tensorflow Tensorflow All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Null pointer dereference in TFLite · Advisory · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Release TensorFlow 2.3.1 · tensorflow/tensorflow · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1766-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[tflite] Ensure input tensors don't have `nullptr` buffers. · tensorflow/tensorflow@0b5662b · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981465 Python (pip) Security Update for tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-qh32-6jjc-qprm)
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