SB2026010867 - SUSE update for php8

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14177)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green

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.

2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14178)

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14180)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20260071-1/