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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2021-37662 json

Reference binding to nullptr in boosted trees in TensorFlow

published 2021-08-12 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-tensorflow-2021-37662 , EUVD-2021-0388 , GHSA-f5cx-5wr3-5qrc , PYSEC-2021-284 , PYSEC-2021-575 , PYSEC-2021-773

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can generate undefined behavior via a reference binding to nullptr in `BoostedTreesCalculateBestGainsPerFeature` and similar attack can occur in `BoostedTreesCalculateBestFeatureSplitV2`. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/stats_ops.cc) does not validate the input values. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 9c87c32c710d0b5b53dc6fd3bfde4046e1f7a5ad and in commit 429f009d2b2c09028647dd4bb7b3f6f414bbaad7. 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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi tensorflow 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1
  • pypi tensorflow-cpu 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1
  • pypi tensorflow-gpu 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1
  • bitnami tensorflow 2.3.4, 2.4.3, 2.5.1
  • google tensorflow 2.3.4, 2.4.3
  • tensorflow2 Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • bazel3.7 Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 3.7.2-bp153.4.1
  • tensorflow2-lite Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • bazel-skylib1.0.3 Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.0.3-bp153.2.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1

  • tensorflow Arch Linux 2.5.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2292

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi tensorflow
<2.3.4
>=2.4.0, <2.4.3
>=2.5.0, <2.5.1
>=2.3.0, <2.3.4
2.3.4
2.4.3
2.5.1
pypi tensorflow-cpu
<2.3.4
>=2.4.0, <2.4.3
>=2.5.0, <2.5.1
>=2.3.0, <2.3.4
2.3.4
2.4.3
2.5.1
pypi tensorflow-gpu
<2.3.4
>=2.4.0, <2.4.3
>=2.5.0, <2.5.1
>=2.3.0, <2.3.4
2.3.4
2.4.3
2.5.1
bitnami tensorflow
>=2.3.0, <2.3.4
>=2.4.0, <2.4.3
>=2.5.0, <2.5.1
2.3.4
2.4.3
2.5.1

Affected products

  • tensorflow tensorflow

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

Sources

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