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title: "CVE-2014-2383\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2383?format=md
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# CVE-2014-2383

Publication date 28 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php-dompdf | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2383)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2383)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2383)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2383)

### Other references

* <https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2383/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2383>
