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CVE-2025-6491

MEDIUM
5.9CVSS
Published: 2025-07-13
Updated: 2025-11-04
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Description

In PHP versions:8.1.* before 8.1.33, 8.2.* before 8.2.29, 8.3.* before 8.3.23, 8.4.* before 8.4.10 when parsing XML data in SOAP extensions, overly large (>2Gb) XML namespace prefix may lead to null pointer dereference. This may lead to crashes and affect the availability of the target server.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Metadata

Primary Vendor
PHP
Published
7/13/2025
Last Modified
11/4/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

php : phpphp : phpphp : phpphp : php

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