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CVE-2021-37686

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-37686 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting TensorFlow 2.6.0, specifically within the TFLite strided slice implementation. A logic bug related to ellipsis in axis definition can be exploited by a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tensorflowFixed in: 2.6.0rc2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tensorflow-cpuFixed in: 2.6.0rc2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tensorflow-gpuFixed in: 2.6.0rc2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-mhhc-q96p-mfm9medium

Infinite loop in TFLite

Aug 25, 2021

References

github.com / tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/dfa22b348b70bb89d6d6ec0ff53973bacb4f4695
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhc-q96p-mfm9
Third Party Advisory