GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-p2cq-cprg-frvm Out of bounds write in tensorflow-lite
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-15214
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
- Reviewed
- 2020-09-25
Affected packages
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 → fixed in 2.2.1
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 → fixed in 2.3.1
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 → fixed in 2.2.1
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 → fixed in 2.3.1
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1 → fixed in 2.2.1
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1 → fixed in 2.3.1
Description
Impact
In TensorFlow Lite models using segment sum can trigger a write out bounds / segmentation fault if the segment ids are not sorted. Code assumes that the segment ids are in increasing order, using the last element of the tensor holding them to determine the dimensionality of output tensor:
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/0e68f4d3295eb0281a517c3662f6698992b7b2cf/tensorflow/lite/kernels/segment_sum.cc#L39-L44
This results in allocating insufficient memory for the output tensor and in a write outside the bounds of the output array:
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/0e68f4d3295eb0281a517c3662f6698992b7b2cf/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/reference_ops.h#L2625-L2631
This usually results in a segmentation fault, but depending on runtime conditions it can provide for a write gadget to be used in future memory corruption-based exploits.
Patches
We have patched the issue in 204945b and will release patch releases for all affected versions.
We recommend users to upgrade to TensorFlow 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.
Workarounds
A potential workaround would be to add a custom `Verifier` to the model loading code to ensure that the segment ids are sorted, although this only handles the case when the segment ids are stored statically in the model.
A similar validation could be done if the segment ids are generated at runtime between inference steps.
If the segment ids are generated as outputs of a tensor during inference steps, then there are no possible workaround and users are advised to upgrade to patched code.
For more information
Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.
Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-15214 In TensorFlow Lite before versions 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, models using segment sum can trigger a write out bounds / segmentation fault if the… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cq-cprg-frvm web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15214 advisory
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/00c7ed7ce81c2126ebc17dfe7073b5c0efd5ec0a web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/204945b19e44b57906c9344c0d00120eeeae178a web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/a4030d8ba3692c438997c27be2dd95f3d5f54827 web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-294.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-329.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-137.yaml web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow package
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/0e68f4d3295eb0281a517c3662f6698992b7b2cf/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/reference_ops.h#L2625-L2631 web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/0e68f4d3295eb0281a517c3662f6698992b7b2cf/tensorflow/lite/kernels/segment_sum.cc#L39-L44 web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.3.1 web