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openSUSE php7 Moderate Heap Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-0245-1

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
A SUSE update for php7 addresses a heap buffer overflow. Critical actions are recommended for affected distributions.
An update that solves one vulnerability and contains one feature can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for php7 fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * 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). Other fixes: * Add all php7 packages to PackageHUB (unsupported), no source changes. (bsc#1251932) ## 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-2026-245=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-245=1 * Legacy Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP7-2026-245=1 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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References

* bsc#1255711

* jsc#PED-13850

Cross-

* CVE-2025-14178

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-14178 ( SUSE ): 8.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-14178 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2025-14178 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2025-14178 ( NVD ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

* Legacy Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0245-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T15:18:47Z
Rating: moderate

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