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Low severityNVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024

Division by zero in TFLite's implementation of `EmbeddingLookup`

CVE-2021-29596

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of the EmbeddingLookup TFLite operator is vulnerable to a division by zero error(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/e4b29809543b250bc9b19678ec4776299dd569ba/tensorflow/lite/kernels/embedding_lookup.cc#L73-L74). An attacker can craft a model such that the first dimension of the value input is 0. 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 packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
tensorflowPyPI
< 2.1.42.1.4
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.32.2.3
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.32.3.3
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.22.4.2
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
< 2.1.42.1.4
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.32.2.3
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.32.3.3
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.22.4.2
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
< 2.1.42.1.4
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.32.2.3
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.32.3.3
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.22.4.2

Affected products

1

Patches

1
f61c57bd4258

Prevent division by 0

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflowMihai MaruseacApr 28, 2021via ghsa
commit
1 file changed · +4 −0
  • tensorflow/lite/kernels/embedding_lookup.cc+4 −0 modified
    @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ TfLiteStatus EvalSimple(TfLiteContext* context, TfLiteNode* node,
                         const TfLiteTensor* lookup, const TfLiteTensor* value,
                         TfLiteTensor* output) {
   const int row_size = SizeOfDimension(value, 0);
+  if (row_size == 0) {
+    // Propagate empty tensor if input is empty
+    return kTfLiteOk;
+  }
   const int row_bytes = value->bytes / row_size;
 
   char* output_raw = GetTensorData<char>(output);

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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