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CVE-2021-37646

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2021
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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Bad alloc in `StringNGrams` caused by integer conversion in TensorFlow

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams` is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue caused by converting a signed integer value to an unsigned one and then allocating memory based on this value. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L184) calls `reserve` on a `tstring` with a value that sometimes can be negative if user supplies negative `ngram_widths`. The `reserve` method calls `TF_TString_Reserve` which has an `unsigned long` argument for the size of the buffer. Hence, the implicit conversion transforms the negative value to a large integer. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

tensorflow

Vendor
tensorflow
Product
tensorflow
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Unknown
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Unknown
tensorflow · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
< 2.3.4affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed