CVE-2021-37673

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 trigger a denial of service via a `CHECK`-fail in `tf.raw_ops.MapStage`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/core/kernels/map_stage_op.cc#L513) does not check that the `key` input is a valid non-empty tensor. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d. 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-2021-37673

OS impact

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

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPItensorflow>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.4.0,<2.4.32.4.3
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow>=2.5.0,<2.5.12.5.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow<2.3.42.3.4
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d
python PyPItensorflow<d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d||>=2.4.0,<2.4.3d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d

References

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