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TensorFlowGHSA-qg48-85hg-mqc5

Division by 0 in `DenseCountSparseOutput`

TensorFlow

CVE-2021-29554 · Published May 21, 2021 · updated Jul 8, 2026

Low2.5
Fix: upgrade to 2.3.3 or later (2 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Impact

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a FPE runtime error in tf.raw_ops.DenseCountSparseOutput:

```python

import tensorflow as tf

values = tf.constant([], shape=[0, 0], dtype=tf.int64)

weights = tf.constant([])

tf.raw_ops.DenseCountSparseOutput(

values=values, weights=weights,

minlength=-1, maxlength=58, binary_output=True)

`

This is because the [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/efff014f3b2d8ef6141da30c806faf141297eca1/tensorflow/core/kernels/count_ops.cc#L123-L127) computes a divisor value from user data but does not check that the result is 0 before doing the division:

```cc

int num_batch_elements = 1;

for (int i = 0; i < num_batch_dimensions; ++i) {

num_batch_elements *= data.shape().dim_size(i);

}

int num_value_elements = data.shape().num_elements() / num_batch_elements;

`

Since data is given by the values argument, num_batch_elements is 0.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [da5ff2daf618591f64b2b62d9d9803951b945e9f](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/da5ff2daf618591f64b2b62d9d9803951b945e9f).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, and TensorFlow 2.3.3, as these are also affected.

For more information

Please consult [our security...

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.32.3.3
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.22.4.2
Details and references

### Impact An attacker can cause a denial of service via a FPE runtime error in `tf.raw_ops.DenseCountSparseOutput`: ```python import tensorflow as tf values = tf.constant([], shape=[0, 0], dtype=tf.int64) weights = tf.constant([]) tf.raw_ops.DenseCountSparseOutput( values=values, weights=weights, minlength=-1, maxlength=58, binary_output=True) ``` This is because the [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/efff014f3b2d8ef6141da30c806faf141297eca1/tensorflow/core/kernels/count_ops.cc#L123-L127) computes a divisor value from user data but does not check that the result is 0 before doing the division: ```cc int num_batch_elements = 1; for (int i = 0; i < num_batch_dimensions; ++i) { num_batch_elements *= data.shape().dim_size(i); } int num_value_elements = data.shape().num_elements() / num_batch_elements; ``` Since `data` is given by the `values` argument, `num_batch_elements` is 0. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [da5ff2daf618591f64b2b62d9d9803951b945e9f](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/da5ff2daf618591f64b2b62d9d9803951b945e9f). The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, and TensorFlow 2.3.3, as these are also affected. ### 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 has been reported by Yakun Zhang and Ying Wang of Baidu X-Team.

CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-369
Also known as
BIT-tensorflow-2021-29554, CVE-2021-29554, PYSEC-2021-191, PYSEC-2021-482, PYSEC-2021-680

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