DOMPDF Remote Code Execution

published 2020-01-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jjwj-w3gc-gcw4 , EUVD-2022-4394

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.5%; EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

DOMPDF before 0.6.2 allows remote code execution, a related issue to CVE-2014-2383.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 2 links 1

packagist dompdf/dompdf 0.6.2
dompdf_project dompdf 0.6.2

debian ubuntu

php-dompdf Debian 12 0.6.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5013

php-dompdf Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.6.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5013

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

github.com/dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v0.6.2 release

Exploit prediction

4.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	dompdf/dompdf	>=0.6, <0.6.2	0.6.2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

github.com /dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v0.6.2
web, release-notes, third-party-advisory
github.com /dompdf/dompdf/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5013
advisory
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/dompdf/dompdf/CVE-2014-5013.yaml
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-5013
GitHub Advisory GHSA-jjwj-w3gc-gcw4
NVD CVE-2014-5013

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary