CVE-2018-17057
Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. Attackers can trigger deserialization of arbitrary data via the phar:// wrapper.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 26.17% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 2 April 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Affected
- tecnick/tcpdf · limesurvey/limesurvey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 20.1% on 21 September 2026 to 26.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26edPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152200/TCPDF-6.2.19-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152360/LimeSurvey-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2018-17057.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1cdd78d27697b3150bb44aaa7af1a81062a591a5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tecnickcom/TCPDF/commit/1861e33fe05f653b67d070f7c106463e7a5c26edPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46634/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.