CVE-2021-41211

high
Published 2021-11-10 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the shape inference code for `QuantizeV2` can trigger a read outside of bounds of heap allocated array. This occurs whenever `axis` is a negative value less than `-1`. In this case, we are accessing data before the start of a heap buffer. The code allows `axis` to be an optional argument (`s` would contain an `error::NOT_FOUND` error code). Otherwise, it assumes that `axis` is a valid index into the dimensions of the `input` tensor. If `axis` is less than `-1` then this results in a heap OOB read. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, as this version is the only one that is also affected.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

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Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41211

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.6.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPItensorflow>=2.6.0,<2.6.12.6.1
python PyPItensorflow-cpu>=2.6.0,<2.6.12.6.1
python PyPItensorflow-gpu>=2.6.0,<2.6.12.6.1
python PyPItensorflow<a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244||>=2.7.0rc0,<2.7.0a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244
python PyPItensorflow-cpu<a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244||>=2.7.0rc0,<2.7.0a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244
python PyPItensorflow-gpu<a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244||>=2.7.0rc0,<2.7.0a0d64445116c43cf46a5666bd4eee28e7a82f244

References

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