CVE-2014-5012

DOMPDF before 0.6.2 allows denial of service.

Published: 2020-01-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5012 is rated Moderate Risk (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5012

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 1.34% +1.20%
2 2025-03-30 0.32% 0.14% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5012

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-5012

GHSA-q83c-64c9-c42m · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — DOMPDF denial of service vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5012

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5012 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-dompdf), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5012
ubuntu low CVE-2014-5012 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php-dompdf), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, ignored 4, DNE 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dompdf_project dompdf < 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:dompdf_project:dompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5012

URL Tags
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v0.6.2 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
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