CVE-2018-17057

Exp

An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.

Published: 2018-09-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-17057 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.13%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-17057

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
46634 exploit_db edb 2019-04-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17057

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 2026-03-31 53.22% 52.13% -1.10%
2 2026-03-04 45.32% 53.22% +7.91%
3 2026-03-02 — 45.32% —

Full EPSS history (51 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-17057

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-17057

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-17057

GHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — TCPDF vulnerable to attackers triggering deserialization of arbitrary data

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-17057

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-17057 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tcpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17057
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-17057 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tcpdf), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, not-affected 6, needed 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17057

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-17057

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tecnick tcpdf < 6.2.22 cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
limesurvey limesurvey < 3.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-17057

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