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🛡️ CVE-2025-14178 — libphp

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Heap buffer overflow in array_merge()

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.

Affected software

CVE-2025-14178 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • libphp
  • php
  • php-min

Timeline and source

Published on 8 January 2026 and last revised on 26 January 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-01-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libphp
php
php-min

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