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CVE-2022-29212: Core dump when loading TFLite models with quantization 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: 2022-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-20
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, certain TFLite models that were created using TFLite model converter would crash when loaded in the TFLite interpreter. The culprit is that during quantization the scale of values could be greater than 1 but code was always assuming sub-unit scaling. Thus, since code was calling `QuantizeMultiplierSmallerThanOneExp`, the `TFLITE_CHECK_LT` assertion would trigger and abort the process. 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/lite/kernels/internal/quantization_util.cc#L114-L123
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/a989426ee1346693cc015792f11d715f6944f2b8
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/43661
- 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-8wwm-6264-x792
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f3b9bf4c3c0597563b289c0512e98d4ce81f886e/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/quantization_util.cc#L114-L123
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/a989426ee1346693cc015792f11d715f6944f2b8
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/43661
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.6.4
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