CVE-2025-14180
NULL Pointer Dereference in PDO quoting
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
Description
In PHP versions 8.1.* before 8.1.34, 8.2.* before 8.2.30, 8.3.* before 8.3.29, 8.4.* before 8.4.16, 8.5.* before 8.5.1 when using the PDO PostgreSQL driver with PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES enabled, an invalid character sequence (such as \x99) in a prepared statement parameter may cause the quoting function PQescapeStringConn to return NULL, leading to a null pointer dereference in pdo_parse_params() function. This may lead to crashes (segmentation fault) and affect the availability of the target server.
How to fix CVE-2025-14180
To remediate CVE-2025-14180, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.1.34 or later
- —upgrade to 8.1.34 or later
- —upgrade to 8.1.34 or later
- —upgrade to 8.2.30-1~deb12u1 or later
- —upgrade to 8.4.16-1~deb13u1 or later
Is CVE-2025-14180 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 8.1.34, >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.30, >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.29, >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.16, >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.1
- from 0, < 8.1.34, >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.30, >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.29, >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.16, >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.1
- from 0, < 8.1.34, >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.30, >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.29, >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.16, >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.1
- from 0, < 8.2.30-1~deb12u1
- from 0, < 8.4.16-1~deb13u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |