Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14178

medium Nessus Plugin ID 278968

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In PHP versions:8.1.* before 8.1.34, 8.2.* before 8.2.30, 8.3.* before 8.3.29, 8.4.* before 8.4.16, 8.5.* before 8.5.1, a heap buffer overflow occurs in array_merge() when the total element count of packed arrays exceeds 32-bit limits or HT_MAX_SIZE, due to an integer overflow in the precomputation of element counts using zend_hash_num_elements(). This may lead to memory corruption or crashes and affect the integrity and availability of the target server. (CVE-2025-14178)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 278968

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_14178.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/17/2025

Updated: 1/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php7.4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ffi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-xdebug3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-xdebug3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php8.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php8.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14178

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