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CVE-2025-14178

Heap buffer overflow in array_merge()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.1.34, 8.2.30, 8.3.29, 8.4.16, 8.5.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In PHP versions:8.1.* before 8.1.34, 8.2.* before 8.2.30, 8.3.* before 8.3.29, 8.4.* before 8.4.16, 8.5.* before 8.5.1, a heap buffer overflow occurs in array_merge() when the total element count of packed arrays exceeds 32-bit limits or HT_MAX_SIZE, due to an integer overflow in the precomputation of element counts using zend_hash_num_elements(). This may lead to memory corruption or crashes and affect the integrity and availability of the target server.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • php

    fixed in 8.1.34; fixed in 8.2.30; fixed in 8.3.29; fixed in 8.4.16; fixed in 8.5.1

References 1

GitHub · php/php-src