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openSUSE 15.4 with PHP 8 - Important Fix for Memory Vulnerability Issue

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update addresses a moderate issues in php8 related to a heap buffer overflow. Install recommended security updates.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for php8 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-14178: heap buffer overflow occurs in array_merge() when the total

element count of packed arrays exceeds 32-bit limits or HT_MAX_SIZE

(bsc#1255711).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate heap overflow OpenSUSE php8 cve-2025-14178

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-370=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* php8-xmlwriter-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-odbc-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-pcntl-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-gettext-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-snmp-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-dom-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-zip-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-mysql-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-tokenizer-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-xmlreader-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-soap-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-fileinfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-bz2-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-calendar-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-bcmath-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-ctype-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-xsl-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-mysql-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-sockets-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-pgsql-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-soap-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-xmlwriter-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-mbstring-debuginfo-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

* php8-zip-8.0.30-150400.4.60.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1255711

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14178.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255711

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0370-1
Release Date: 2026-02-03T15:20:51Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate heap overflow OpenSUSE php8 cve-2025-14178

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