CVE-2025-14178
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.2 High
- Status
- Modified - security@php.net
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- Last modified
- 2026-10-13
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-h96m-rvf9-jgm2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00019.html