CVE-2023-25675: TensorFlow has Segfault in Bincount with XLA

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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-697

Description

TensorFlow is an open source machine learning platform. When running versions prior to 2.12.0 and 2.11.1 with XLA, `tf.raw_ops.Bincount` segfaults when given a parameter `weights` that is neither the same shape as parameter `arr` nor a length-0 tensor. 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/8ae76cf085f4be26295d2ecf2081e759e04b8acf
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-7x4v-9gxg-9hwj
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/8ae76cf085f4be26295d2ecf2081e759e04b8acf
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-7x4v-9gxg-9hwj

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