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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2022-29204 json

Missing validation causes denial of service in TensorFlow via `Conv3DBackpropFilterV2`

published 2022-05-20 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-tensorflow-2022-29204 , EUVD-2022-4238 , GHSA-hx9q-2mx4-m4pg , PYSEC-2026-1010 , PYSEC-2026-3203 , PYSEC-2026-3342

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. Prior to versions 2.9.0, 2.8.1, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4, the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.UnsortedSegmentJoin` does not fully validate the input arguments. This results in a `CHECK`-failure which can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. The code assumes `num_segments` is a positive scalar but there is no validation. Since this value is used to allocate the output tensor, a negative value would result in a `CHECK`-failure (assertion failure), as per TFSA-2021-198. Versions 2.9.0, 2.8.1, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4 contain a patch for this issue.

Patch / fix

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-hx9q-2mx4-m4pg referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi tensorflow
<2.6.4
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
2.6.4
2.7.2
2.8.1
pypi tensorflow-cpu
<2.6.4
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
2.6.4
2.7.2
2.8.1
pypi tensorflow-gpu
<2.6.4
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
2.6.4
2.7.2
2.8.1
bitnami tensorflow
>=1.15.0, <2.6.4
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
2.6.4
2.7.2
2.8.1

Affected products

  • tensorflow tensorflow

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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