# Interpreter crash from \`tf.io.decode_raw\`

Advisory record · `GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h` · `BIT-tensorflow-2021-29614` · `CVE-2021-29614` · `PYSEC-2021-251` · `PYSEC-2021-542` · `PYSEC-2021-740`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-665](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html) · [CWE-787](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md) · [CWE-665](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-665.md)
- **Published:** 21 May 2021
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 May 2021, 14:28 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `tensorflow` (PyPI): affected `<2.1.4 || >=2.2.0, <2.2.3 || >=2.3.0, <2.3.3 || >=2.4.0, <2.4.2`; fixed in `2.1.4`, `2.2.3`, `2.3.3`, `2.4.2`
- `tensorflow-cpu` (PyPI): affected `<2.1.4 || >=2.2.0, <2.2.3 || >=2.3.0, <2.3.3 || >=2.4.0, <2.4.2`; fixed in `2.1.4`, `2.2.3`, `2.3.3`, `2.4.2`
- `tensorflow-gpu` (PyPI): affected `<2.1.4 || >=2.2.0, <2.2.3 || >=2.3.0, <2.3.3 || >=2.4.0, <2.4.2`; fixed in `2.1.4`, `2.2.3`, `2.3.3`, `2.4.2`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Affected versions of tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu and tensorflow-gpu are those before 2.1.4, from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3, from 2.3.0 before 2.3.3, and from 2.4.0 before 2.4.2. Calling tf.io.decode_raw with fixed_length and a wider datatype writes past the bounds of the output buffer, which can crash the Python interpreter; the source notes more severe attacks may be possible. Upgrade to 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 or later.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h)
- [OSV: GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h)
- <https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-8pmx-p244-g88h>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29614>
- <https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/698e01511f62a3c185754db78ebce0eee1f0184d>
- <https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-542.yaml>
- <https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-740.yaml>
- <https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-251.yaml>
- <https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow>

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