🛡️ CVE-2021-29617 — tensorflow

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Crash in tf.strings.substr due to CHECK-fail

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a denial of service via CHECK-fail in tf.strings.substr with invalid arguments. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected software

CVE-2021-29617 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tensorflow

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 20 May 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-05-20
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tensorflow — —

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