CVE-2021-29589

critical
Published 2021-05-21 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The reference implementation of the `GatherNd` TFLite operator is vulnerable to a division by zero error(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/0d45ea1ca641b21b73bcf9c00e0179cda284e7e7/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/reference_ops.h#L966). An attacker can craft a model such that `params` input would be an empty tensor. In turn, `params_shape.Dims(.)` would be zero, in at least one dimension. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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-2021-29589

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.5.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPItensorflow>=2.3.0,<2.3.32.3.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.2.0,<2.2.32.2.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<2.1.42.1.4
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.3.0,<2.3.32.3.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.2.0,<2.2.32.2.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.22.4.2
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<2.1.42.1.4
python PyPItensorflow<2.1.42.1.4
python PyPItensorflow>=2.2.0,<2.2.32.2.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.3.0,<2.3.32.3.3
python PyPItensorflow>=2.4.0,<2.4.22.4.2
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.22.4.2
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<8e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.38e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d
python PyPItensorflow<8e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.38e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<8e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.38e45822aa0b9f5df4b4c64f221e64dc930a70a9d

References

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