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Vulnerability details: VCID-ypq1-82mr-3fcx
Vulnerability ID VCID-ypq1-82mr-3fcx
Aliases CVE-2018-21233
GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
PYSEC-2020-253
PYSEC-2020-269
PYSEC-2020-304
Summary TensorFlow before 1.7.0 has an integer overflow that causes an out-of-bounds read, possibly causing disclosure of the contents of process memory. This occurs in the DecodeBmp feature of the BMP decoder in core/kernels/decode_bmp_op.cc.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
epss 0.00128 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-21233
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
cvssv4 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-21233
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
CVE-2018-21233 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h98h-8mxr-m8gx
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2020-269.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2020-253.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/security/advisory/tfsa-2018-001.md
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/49f73c55d56edffebde4bca4a407ad69c1cae433
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21233
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.31766
EPSS Score 0.00128
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:19:14.756923+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2020-304.yaml 38.6.0