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Use after free in `DecodePng` kernel

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 2, 2022 in tensorflow/tensorflow • Updated Nov 7, 2024

Package

pip tensorflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0

Patched versions

2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-cpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-gpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1

Description

Impact

A malicious user can cause a use after free behavior when decoding PNG images:

if (/* ... error conditions ... */) {
  png::CommonFreeDecode(&decode);
  OP_REQUIRES(context, false,
              errors::InvalidArgument("PNG size too large for int: ",
                                      decode.width, " by ", decode.height));
}

After png::CommonFreeDecode(&decode) gets called, the values of decode.width and decode.height are in an unspecified state.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit e746adbfcfee15e9cfdb391ff746c765b99bdf9b.

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 for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

References

@mihaimaruseac mihaimaruseac published to tensorflow/tensorflow Feb 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 4, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 4, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Nov 7, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

EPSS score

0.155%
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23584

GHSA ID

GHSA-24x4-6qmh-88qg

Source code

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