TI-2020-12037 Aliases CVE-2020-15265 GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

Segfault in Tensorflow

LOW 35CWE-125Published 2020-10-21 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In Tensorflow before version 2.4.0, an attacker can pass an invalid `axis` value to `tf.quantization.quantize_and_dequantize`. This results in accessing a dimension outside the rank of the input tensor in the C++ kernel implementation. However, dim_size only does a DCHECK to validate the argument and then uses it to access the corresponding element of an array. Since in normal builds, `DCHECK`-like macros are no-ops, this results in segfault and access out of bounds of the array. The issue is patched in eccb7ec454e6617738554a255d77f08e60ee0808 and TensorFlow 2.4.0 will be released containing the patch. TensorFlow nightly packages after this commit will also have the issue resolved.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00908 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed tensorflow (tensorflow): 2.4.0tensorflow (PyPI): 2.4.0+2 more products

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Google	tensorflow	before 2.4.0	2.4.0	Patch available	CNA
—	tensorflow (PyPI)	before 2.4.0	2.4.0	Patch available	GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c
—	tensorflow-cpu (PyPI)	before 2.4.0	2.4.0	Patch available	GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c
—	tensorflow-gpu (PyPI)	before 2.4.0	2.4.0	Patch available	GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

tensorflow VendorGoogle Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available CNA
tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c
tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c
tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:::::-:::*	before 2.4.0	Vulnerable	Google

cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions before 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

Fix · CNA tensorflow (tensorflow) Fixed in 2.4.0
Fix · GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15265
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-rrfp-j2mp-hq9c

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15265

Other 4

TI-2022-20241 FractionalMaxPool and FractionalAVGPool heap out-of-bounds acess in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-07640 Integer overflow in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-07627 Out of bounds read and write in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-07619 Out of bounds write in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-07613 Read and Write outside of bounds in TFLite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-07612 Integer overflow in TFLite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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