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CVE-2021-37686: Infinite loop in TFLite

August 25, 2021 (updated November 13, 2024)

The strided slice implementation in TFLite has a logic bug which can allow an attacker to trigger an infinite loop. This arises from newly introduced support for ellipsis in axis definition:

for (int i = 0; i < effective_dims;) {
if ((1 << i) & op_context->params->ellipsis_mask) {
// ...
int ellipsis_end_idx =
std::min(i + 1 + num_add_axis + op_context->input_dims - begin_count,
effective_dims);
// ...
for (; i < ellipsis_end_idx; ++i) {
// ...
}
continue;
}
// ...
++i;
}

An attacker can craft a model such that ellipsis_end_idx is smaller than i (e.g., always negative). In this case, the inner loop does not increase i and the continue statement causes execution to skip over the preincrement at the end of the outer loop.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhhc-q96p-mfm9
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-599.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-797.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-308.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/dfa22b348b70bb89d6d6ec0ff53973bacb4f4695
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.3.4
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.4.3
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.5.1
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.6.0
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhc-q96p-mfm9
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37686

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.6.0rc0 before 2.6.0rc2

Fixed versions

  • 2.6.0rc2

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.0rc2 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

pypi/tensorflow-gpu/CVE-2021-37686.yml

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