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openSUSE 15.5 php8 Introduced Improved Memory Safety for CVE-2026-15674

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE updates php8 to address heap overflow, enhancing security and stability in openSUSE Leap 15.4.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## 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). ## 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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update heap overflow OpenSUSE php8

References

* bsc#1255711

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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* 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
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update heap overflow OpenSUSE php8

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