Back
CVE-2018-17057
An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.
Critical9.8EPSS 26.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.2% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistfooman/tcpdfGHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistla-haute-societe/tcpdfGHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistspoonity/tcpdfGHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagisttecnickcom/tcpdfGHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26ed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20190322 CVE-2018-17057: phar deserialization in TCPDF might lead to RCE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46634 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5hw4-m7f3-hhx8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-17057)Record last updated .