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Integer overflows in Tensorflow

High6.5CVE-2022-23567 · Published Feb 9, 2022 · updated Sep 10, 2026

### Impact The [implementations of `Sparse*Cwise*` ops](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/5100e359aef5c8021f2e71c7b986420b85ce7b3d/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_dense_binary_op_shared.cc) are vulnerable to integer overflows. These can be used to trigger large allocations (so, OOM based denial of service) or `CHECK`-fails when building new `TensorShape` objects (so, assert failures based denial of service): ```python import tensorflow as tf import numpy as np tf.raw_ops.SparseDenseCwiseDiv( sp_indices=np.array([[9]]), sp_values=np.array([5]), sp_shape=np.array([92233720368., 92233720368]), dense=np.array([4])) ``` We are missing some validation on the shapes of the input tensors as well as directly constructing a large `TensorShape` with user-provided dimensions. The latter is an instance of [TFSA-2021-198](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2021-198.md) (CVE-2021-41197) and is easily fixed by replacing a call to `TensorShape` constructor with a call to `BuildTensorShape` static helper factory. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commits [1b54cadd19391b60b6fcccd8d076426f7221d5e8](https:/...

GitHub advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
< 2.5.32.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.32.6.3
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.12.7.1
Details and references

### Impact The [implementations of `Sparse*Cwise*` ops](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/5100e359aef5c8021f2e71c7b986420b85ce7b3d/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_dense_binary_op_shared.cc) are vulnerable to integer overflows. These can be used to trigger large allocations (so, OOM based denial of service) or `CHECK`-fails when building new `TensorShape` objects (so, assert failures based denial of service): ```python import tensorflow as tf import numpy as np tf.raw_ops.SparseDenseCwiseDiv( sp_indices=np.array([[9]]), sp_values=np.array([5]), sp_shape=np.array([92233720368., 92233720368]), dense=np.array([4])) ``` We are missing some validation on the shapes of the input tensors as well as directly constructing a large `TensorShape` with user-provided dimensions. The latter is an instance of [TFSA-2021-198](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2021-198.md) (CVE-2021-41197) and is easily fixed by replacing a call to `TensorShape` constructor with a call to `BuildTensorShape` static helper factory. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commits [1b54cadd19391b60b6fcccd8d076426f7221d5e8](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/1b54cadd19391b60b6fcccd8d076426f7221d5e8) and [e952a89b7026b98fe8cbe626514a93ed68b7c510](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e952a89b7026b98fe8cbe626514a93ed68b7c510). The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3, 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 has been reported by Faysal Hossain Shezan from University of Virginia.

CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-190
Also known as
BIT-tensorflow-2022-23567, CVE-2022-23567, PYSEC-2022-131, PYSEC-2022-76, PYSEC-2026-3240

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