{"id":"CVE-2021-29617","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-29617","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:17:27.472Z","title":"An attacker can cause a denial of service via `CHECK`-fail in `tf.strings.substr` with invalid arguments.","description":"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.","published":"2021-05-14T20:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:48:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-755"],"affected":["google/tensorflow"],"epss":{"score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13728,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/issues/46900","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/issues/46974","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/890f7164b70354c57d40eda52dcdd7658677c09f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-mmq6-q8r3-48fm","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/issues/46900","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/issues/46974","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/890f7164b70354c57d40eda52dcdd7658677c09f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-mmq6-q8r3-48fm","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29617","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}