CVE-2023-25668: TensorFlow vulnerable to heap out-of-buffer read in the QuantizeAndDequantize operation

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. Attackers using Tensorflow prior to 2.12.0 or 2.11.1 can access heap memory which is not in the control of user, leading to a crash or remote code execution. The fix will be included in TensorFlow version 2.12.0 and will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow version 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/7b174a0f2e40ff3f3aa957aecddfd5aaae35eccb
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gw97-ff7c-9v96
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/7b174a0f2e40ff3f3aa957aecddfd5aaae35eccb
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gw97-ff7c-9v96

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