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CVE-2026-7568

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
10/05/2026
Last modified:
12/05/2026

Description

In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, the metaphone() function in ext/standard/metaphone.c uses a signed int variable to track the current position within the input string. If a string longer than 2,147,483,647 bytes is passed, a signed integer overflow occurs, resulting in undefined behavior. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, causing a segmentation fault or access to unrelated memory, and may affect the availability of the PHP process.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/RE:L/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/RE:L/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): Low
Integrity (SI): Low
Availability (SA): Low
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Low
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0
6.30
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 8.2.0 (including) 8.2.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 8.3.0 (including) 8.3.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 8.4.0 (including) 8.4.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 8.5.0 (including) 8.5.6 (excluding)

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