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TensorFlowGHSA-pf36-r9c6-h97j

Invalid char to bool conversion when printing a tensor

TensorFlow

CVE-2022-41911 · Published Nov 21, 2022 · updated Jul 13, 2026

Medium4.8
Fix: upgrade to 2.8.4 or later (3 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Impact

When [printing a tensor](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/807cae8a807960fd7ac2313cde73a11fc15e7942/tensorflow/core/framework/tensor.cc#L1200-L1227), we get it's data as a const char* array (since that's the underlying storage) and then we typecast it to the element type. However, conversions from char to bool are undefined if the char is not 0 or 1, so sanitizers/fuzzers will crash.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [1be743703279782a357adbf9b77dcb994fe8b508](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/1be743703279782a357adbf9b77dcb994fe8b508).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.11.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.10.1, TensorFlow 2.9.3, and TensorFlow 2.8.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

For more information

Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

Attribution

This vulnerability was discovered via internal fuzzing.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
< 2.8.42.8.4
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.32.9.3
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.12.10.1
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