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CVE-2022-29205: Segfault due to missing support for quantized types in TensorFlow

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. Prior to versions 2.9.0, 2.8.1, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4, there is a potential for segfault / denial of service in TensorFlow by calling `tf.compat.v1.*` ops which don't yet have support for quantized types, which was added after migration to TensorFlow 2.x. In these scenarios, since the kernel is missing, a `nullptr` value is passed to `ParseDimensionValue` for the `py_value` argument. Then, this is dereferenced, resulting in segfault. Versions 2.9.0, 2.8.1, 2.7.2, and 2.6.4 contain a patch for this issue.

Affected products

• tensorflow: before 2.6.4; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.2; 2.7.0-rc0, 2.7.0-rc1, 2.8.0, 2.8.0-rc0, 2.8.0-rc1, 2.9.0-rc0 (+1) — fixed in 2.6.4, 2.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tensorflow 2.6.4, 2.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f3b9bf4c3c0597563b289c0512e98d4ce81f886e/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc#L296-L320
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f3b9bf4c3c0597563b289c0512e98d4ce81f886e/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc#L480-L482
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/237822b59fc504dda2c564787f5d3ad9c4aa62d9
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.6.4
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.7.2
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.8.1
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.9.0
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-54ch-gjq5-4976
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f3b9bf4c3c0597563b289c0512e98d4ce81f886e/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc#L296-L320
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f3b9bf4c3c0597563b289c0512e98d4ce81f886e/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc#L480-L482
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/237822b59fc504dda2c564787f5d3ad9c4aa62d9
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.6.4

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