Out-of-bounds read in TensorFlow - CVE-2018-21233

 

Out-of-bounds read in TensorFlow - CVE-2018-21233

Published: May 4, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34413
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21233
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TensorFlow
Affected software:
TensorFlow

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

TensorFlow before 1.7.0 has an integer overflow that causes an out-of-bounds read, possibly causing disclosure of the contents of process memory. This occurs in the DecodeBmp feature of the BMP decoder in core/kernels/decode_bmp_op.cc.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-21233

Install update from vendor's website.

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