CVE-2023-25664: TensorFlow vulnerable to Heap Buffer Overflow in AvgPoolGrad

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. Prior to versions 2.12.0 and 2.11.1, there is a heap buffer overflow in TAvgPoolGrad. A fix is included in TensorFlow 2.12.0 and 2.11.1.

Affected products

tensorflow: before 2.12.0 — fixed in 2.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tensorflow 2.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ddaac2bdd099bec5d7923dea45276a7558217e5b
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6hg6-5c2q-7rcr
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ddaac2bdd099bec5d7923dea45276a7558217e5b
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6hg6-5c2q-7rcr

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