CVE-2021-29617: TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a denial of service via `CH
Summary
TensorFlow is a machine learning platform that had a vulnerability where an attacker could crash the system by sending invalid arguments to the `tf.strings.substr` function, which performs string operations. This vulnerability was caused by improper error handling (not properly catching and managing exceptional conditions that shouldn't happen).
Solution / Mitigation
The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. The vulnerability will also be patched in earlier versions: TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3, and TensorFlow 2.1.4.
Vulnerability Details
2.5(low)
EPSS: 0.1%
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29617
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:39 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%