CVE-2025-14178 (GCVE-0-2025-14178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-27 19:27 – Updated: 2026-01-24 11:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap buffer overflow in array_merge()
Summary
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Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-29 16:00 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-12-18 00:00
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