SB2025122340 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP
Published: December 23, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14180)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within PDO implementation. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14178)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the array_merge() PPH function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14177)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in getimagesize. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
4) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-67899)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in uriparser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to tamper with application workflow.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in dns_get_record() and other DNS functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input with a NULL byte character to the application and tamper with application;s workflow, potentially performing SSRF attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.5.1
- https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.3.29
- https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.2.30
- https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.4.16
- https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.1.34
- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-www2-q4fc-65wf
- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-h96m-rvf9-jgm2
- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-3237-qqm7-mfv7