# CVE-2022-21735: Division by zero in Tensorflow

- Also known as: GHSA-87V6-CRGM-2GFJ, BIT-TENSORFLOW-2022-21735, PYSEC-2022-114, PYSEC-2022-59, PYSEC-2026-3134
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.3, 2.6.3, 2.7.1
- Published: 2022-02-03 · Updated: 2025-05-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.1
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.1
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.1
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.5.3; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.3; from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.1

## Description

Tensorflow is an Open Source Machine Learning Framework. The implementation of `FractionalMaxPool` can be made to crash a TensorFlow process via a division by 0. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.3, 2.6.3, 2.7.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-87v6-crgm-2gfj
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ba4e8ac4dc2991e350d5cc407f8598c8d4ee70fb
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/5100e359aef5c8021f2e71c7b986420b85ce7b3d/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_max_pool_op.cc#L36-L192

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