CVE-2022-36027 Segfault TFLite converter on per-channel quantized transposed convolutions in TensorFlow

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a segmentation fault in the TFLite converter when processing specific transposed convolutions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-36027?

CVE-2022-36027 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Tensorflow, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. When converting transposed convolutions using per-channel weight quantization the converter segfaults and crashes the Python process. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit aa0b852a4588cea4d36b74feb05d93055540b450. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36027?

22 open source packages ship an affected version, including tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu and tensorflow-gpu. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow BitnamiAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
16 more packages
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-cpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIAll versions2.7.2
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.8.02.8.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1
tensorflow-gpu PyPIFrom 2.9.02.9.1

Products include Google Tensorflow.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36027?

Upgrade tensorflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.2, 2.8.1 or 2.9.1.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-36027 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-36027 exists.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-tensorflow-2022-36027, GHSA-79h2-q768-fpxr, PYSEC-2026-3128, PYSEC-2026-3291, PYSEC-2026-965.

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