CVE-2026-7568CWE-125CWE-190

Signed integer overflow in metaphone()

Medium · published May 10, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · 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
EPSS
0.00839 · 57.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read; CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2026-05-10T03:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 MAY 03:42Z
    Signed integer overflow in metaphone()
    cvelistv5