PyPI: tensorflow
CVE-2020-15209
Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20200925-94360
Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-39960
Tensorflow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, and 2.3.1 include a fix for CVE-2020-15209: In tensorflow-lite before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, a crafted TFLite model can force a node to have as input a tensor backed by a "nullptr" buffer. This can be achieved by changing a buffer index in the flatbuffer serialization to convert a read-only tensor to a read-write one. The runtime assumes that these buffers are written to before a possible read, hence they are initialized with "nullptr". However, by changing the buffer index for a tensor and implicitly converting that tensor to be a read-write one, as there is nothing in the model that writes to it, we get a null pointer dereference. The issue was patched in commit 0b5662bc.
Overview
Null pointer dereference in tensorflow-lite
Advisory
Tensorflow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, and 2.3.1 include a fix for CVE-2020-15209: In tensorflow-lite before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, a crafted TFLite model can force a node to have as input a tensor backed by a "nullptr" buffer. This can be achieved by changing a buffer index in the flatbuffer serialization to convert a read-only tensor to a read-write one. The runtime assumes that these buffers are written to before a possible read, hence they are initialized with "nullptr". However, by changing the buffer index for a tensor and implicitly converting that tensor to be a read-write one, as there is nothing in the model that writes to it, we get a null pointer dereference. The issue was patched in commit 0b5662bc.
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References
- https://getsafety.com/vulnerabilities/SFTY-20200925-94360/CVE-2020-15209
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-qh32-6jjc-qprm
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/0b5662bc2be13a8c8f044d925d87fb6e56247cd8
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.3.1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15209
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00065.html
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-289.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-324.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-132.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qh32-6jjc-qprm
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