CVE-2020-15205

unknown
Published 2020-09-25 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, the `data_splits` argument of `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams` lacks validation. This allows a user to pass values that can cause heap overflow errors and even leak contents of memory In the linked code snippet, all the binary strings after `ee ff` are contents from the memory stack. Since these can contain return addresses, this data leak can be used to defeat ASLR. The issue is patched in commit 0462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15205

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPItensorflow<1.15.41.15.4
python PyPItensorflow>=2.0.0,<2.0.32.0.3
python PyPItensorflow>=2.1.0,<2.1.22.1.2
python PyPItensorflow>=2.2.0,<2.2.12.2.1
python PyPItensorflow>=2.3.0,<2.3.12.3.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<1.15.41.15.4
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.0.0,<2.0.32.0.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.1.0,<2.1.22.1.2
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.2.0,<2.2.12.2.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.3.0,<2.3.12.3.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<1.15.41.15.4
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.0.0,<2.0.32.0.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.1.0,<2.1.22.1.2
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.2.0,<2.2.12.2.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.3.0,<2.3.12.3.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<0462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80||>=2.3.0,<2.3.10462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80
python PyPItensorflow<0462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80||>=2.3.0,<2.3.10462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<0462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80||>=2.3.0,<2.3.10462de5b544ed4731aa2fb23946ac22c01856b80

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.