CVE-2020-15265

Segfault in Tensorflow

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2020 at 08:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsTensorflowTensorFlow

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

In Tensorflow before version 2.4.0, an attacker can pass an invalid `axis` value to `tf.quantization.quantize_and_dequantize`. This results in accessing a dimension outside the rank of the input tensor in the C++ kernel implementation. However, dim_size only does a DCHECK to validate the argument and then uses it to access the corresponding element of an array. Since in normal builds, `DCHECK`-like macros are no-ops, this results in segfault and access out of bounds of the array. The issue is patched in eccb7ec454e6617738554a255d77f08e60ee0808 and TensorFlow 2.4.0 will be released containing the patch. TensorFlow nightly packages after this commit will also have the issue resolved.

Affected

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

v < 2.4.0
Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.4.0
Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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