Read and Write outside of bounds in TFLite
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Tensorflow is an Open Source Machine Learning Framework. An attacker can craft a TFLite model that would allow limited reads and writes outside of arrays in TFLite. This exploits missing validation in the conversion from sparse tensors to dense tensors. The fix is 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. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tensorflow | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3; before 2.5.3 | 2.7.1, 2.6.3, 2.5.3 | Patch available | CNA | |
| — | tensorflow (PyPI) | before 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow (PyPI) | 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 | 2.6.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow (PyPI) | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) | before 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) | 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 | 2.6.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) | before 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) | 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 | 2.6.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
| — | tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v |
- tensorflow VendorGoogle Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3; before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.7.1, 2.6.3, 2.5.3 Patch available CNA
- tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.5.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 Fixed in 2.6.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 Fixed in 2.7.1 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.5.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 Fixed in 2.6.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 Fixed in 2.7.1 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.5.3 Fixed in 2.5.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.3 Fixed in 2.6.3 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.1 Fixed in 2.7.1 Patch available GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tensorflow (tensorflow) Fixed in 2.7.1, 2.6.3, 2.5.3
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.5.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.6.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.5.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.6.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.5.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.6.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23560
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v
References
Patch 2
More Google Tensorflow vulnerabilities
- 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-2022-07612 Integer overflow in TFLite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-35039 An issue was discovered TensorFlow v2.18.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-23560 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23560 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4hvf-hxvg-f67v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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