CVE-2020-15190

Segfault in Tensorflow

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2020 at 06:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLeapTensorflowTensorFlow

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, the `tf.raw_ops.Switch` operation takes as input a tensor and a boolean and outputs two tensors. Depending on the boolean value, one of the tensors is exactly the input tensor whereas the other one should be an empty tensor. However, the eager runtime traverses all tensors in the output. Since only one of the tensors is defined, the other one is `nullptr`, hence we are binding a reference to `nullptr`. This is undefined behavior and reported as an error if compiling with `-fsanitize=null`. In this case, this results in a segmentation fault The issue is patched in commit da8558533d925694483d2c136a9220d6d49d843c, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.15.42.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.32.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.22.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.12.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.1
Affected range stops below 1.15.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.15.4v < 2.0.3v < 2.1.2v < 2.2.1v < 2.3.1
Affected range stops below 1.15.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-476

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