CVE-2026-7568

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
php7.0	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
php7.2	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
php7.4	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
php8.1	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.24
php8.3	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 8.3.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.9
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
php8.4	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	25.10 questing	Fixed 8.4.11-1ubuntu1.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
php8.5	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 8.5.4-0ubuntu1.1
	25.10 questing	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

PEAR issues should go against php-pear as of xenial

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
php8.5	Upstream: 47def8c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8336-1
PHP vulnerabilities
28 May 2026

Cvss 3 Severity Score