CVE-2021-29530: TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a null pointer dereferenc
Summary
TensorFlow (an open source machine learning platform) has a vulnerability where an attacker can cause a null pointer dereference (accessing memory that doesn't exist, crashing the program) by providing invalid input to a specific function called `tf.raw_ops.SparseMatrixSparseCholesky`. The problem occurs because the code fails to properly validate inputs due to a macro that returns early from a validation function without stopping the main code from continuing.
Solution / Mitigation
The fix is to either explicitly check `context->status()` or convert `ValidateInputs` to return a `Status`. The fix is included in TensorFlow 2.5.0 and will be backported to TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3, and TensorFlow 2.1.4.
Vulnerability Details
2.5(low)
EPSS: 0.0%
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29530
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:38 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%