CVE-2021-37668

critical
Published 2021-08-25 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can cause denial of service in applications serving models using `tf.raw_ops.UnravelIndex` by triggering a division by 0. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/core/kernels/unravel_index_op.cc#L36) does not check that the tensor subsumed by `dims` is not empty. Hence, if one element of `dims` is 0, the implementation does a division by 0. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, 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-2021-37668

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
arch archfixed2.5.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow<a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3a776040a5e7ebf76eeb7eb923bf1ae417dd4d233

References

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