CVE-2025-14178 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-14178: 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

Affects 4 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-14178 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

php7.4→ fixed in7.4.33-1+deb11u10urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y php7.4
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

php8.2→ fixed in8.2.30-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y php8.2
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

php8.4→ fixed in8.4.16-1~deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y php8.4
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

php83→ fixed in8.3.29-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade php83
```
php84→ fixed in8.4.16-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade php84
```
php85→ fixed in8.5.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade php85
```

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