Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2014-2383

dompdf.php in dompdf before 0.6.1, when DOMPDF_ENABLE_PHP is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass chroot protections and read arbitrary files via a PHP protocol and wrappers in the input_file parameter, as demonstrated by a php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource in the input_file parameter.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2383 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from dompdf organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-28T14:09:06.707

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:06:31.027

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	dompdf	dompdf	≤ 0.6.0	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/258 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531912/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://explore.avertium.com/resource/lfi-rfi-escalation-to-rce ([email protected])
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/23a693993299e669306929e3d49a4a1f7b3fb028 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2383/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/258 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531912/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://explore.avertium.com/resource/lfi-rfi-escalation-to-rce (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/23a693993299e669306929e3d49a4a1f7b3fb028 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2383/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For dompdf's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.