CVE-2022-35939
Published: 16 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35939 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Google Tensorflow. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Deep Learning Frameworks.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6794
Vulnerability details
TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. The `ScatterNd` function takes an input argument that determines the indices of of the output tensor. An input index greater than the output tensor or less than zero will either write…
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content at the wrong index or trigger a crash. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit b4d4b4cb019bd7240a52daa4ba61e3cc814f0384. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Deep Learning Frameworks
- Risk Domain
- N/A
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: tensorflow, machine learning, tensorflow, tensorflow, tensorflow, tensorflow
Related Threats
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.