Is CVE-2014-2383 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2383 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-2383?

CVE-2014-2383 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-2383

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 39.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 39.4% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-5021)
Published: April 28, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

dompdf / dompdf

References

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

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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