CVE-2026-599426.3MediumCWE-400

CVE-2026-59942: Dompdf: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Exhaustion using Oversized Image Bitmaps

dompdf

Affected: dompdf · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

60th percentile

050100

Higher than 60% of scored CVEs

6.3MediumCVSS 4.0

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. Versions 3.15 and prior are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion. An attacker can crash the PHP process by providing a specially crafted HTML document containing a single image with massive dimensions (e.g., 30,000x30,000 pixels). While Dompdf implements internal checks to validate image dimensions, these can be bypassed by using a high-entropy image (such as random noise) encoded in Base64 and wrapped in specific CSS containers. The vulnerability exists because the dimension validation happens early, but the resource allocation for calculating the object's bounding box and internal buffers during the rendering phase does not strictly limit the cumulative CPU time or memory usage for a single object that has passed the initial check. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a complete Denial of Service on the web server by submitting a crafted HTML string. This affects any application that allows users to provide HTML content or URLs that are subsequently converted to PDF using Dompdf. This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.

Affected products1

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dompdf · dompdf< 3.1.6

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption · Denial of Service
Vendor: dompdf
Published: July 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), July 2026

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