{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-tensorflow-2020-15203","published":"2024-03-06T11:20:36.172Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:48:19.890970997Z","aliases":["CVE-2020-15203","GHSA-xmq7-7fxm-rr79","PYSEC-2020-126","PYSEC-2020-283","PYSEC-2020-318"],"summary":"Denial of Service in Tensorflow","details":"In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, by controlling the `fill` argument of tf.strings.as_string, a malicious attacker is able to trigger a format string vulnerability due to the way the internal format use in a `printf` call is constructed. This may result in segmentation fault. The issue is patched in commit 33be22c65d86256e6826666662e40dbdfe70ee83, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"tensorflow","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/tensorflow"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.15.4"},{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"fixed":"2.0.3"},{"introduced":"2.1.0"},{"fixed":"2.1.2"},{"introduced":"2.2.0"},{"fixed":"2.2.1"},{"introduced":"2.3.0"},{"fixed":"2.3.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/tensorflow/BIT-tensorflow-2020-15203.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00065.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/33be22c65d86256e6826666662e40dbdfe70ee83"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v2.3.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-xmq7-7fxm-rr79"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15203"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"}}