diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95de4f325ce..3cc5da3f42a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed case when curl_error returns an empty string.
     (David Carlier)
 
+- DOM:
+  . Fix UAF when removing doctype and using foreach iteration. (nielsdos)
+
 - FFI:
   . Fixed bug GH-14286 (ffi enum type (when enum has no name) make memory
     leak). (nielsdos, dstogov)
diff --git a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
index 3f80ffc817c..07e3c851f27 100644
--- a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
+++ b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ zend_object_iterator *php_dom_get_iterator(zend_class_entry *ce, zval *object, i
 					if (objmap->nodetype == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
 						curnode = (xmlNodePtr) basep->properties;
 					} else {
-						curnode = (xmlNodePtr) basep->children;
+						curnode = dom_nodelist_iter_start_first_child(basep);
 					}
 				} else {
 					xmlNodePtr nodep = basep;
diff --git a/ext/dom/nodelist.c b/ext/dom/nodelist.c
index 96868b05437..bb58161f16e 100644
--- a/ext/dom/nodelist.c
+++ b/ext/dom/nodelist.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static zend_always_inline void reset_objmap_cache(dom_nnodemap_object *objmap)
 	objmap->cached_length = -1;
 }
 
-static xmlNodePtr dom_nodelist_iter_start_first_child(xmlNodePtr nodep)
+xmlNodePtr dom_nodelist_iter_start_first_child(xmlNodePtr nodep)
 {
 	if (nodep->type == XML_ENTITY_REF_NODE) {
 		/* See entityreference.c */
diff --git a/ext/dom/php_dom.h b/ext/dom/php_dom.h
index cebbe47f265..86e6b131545 100644
--- a/ext/dom/php_dom.h
+++ b/ext/dom/php_dom.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ void php_dom_named_node_map_get_item_into_zval(dom_nnodemap_object *objmap, zend
 void php_dom_nodelist_get_item_into_zval(dom_nnodemap_object *objmap, zend_long index, zval *return_value);
 int php_dom_get_namednodemap_length(dom_object *obj);
 int php_dom_get_nodelist_length(dom_object *obj);
+xmlNodePtr dom_nodelist_iter_start_first_child(xmlNodePtr nodep);
 
 #define DOM_GET_INTERN(__id, __intern) { \
 	__intern = Z_DOMOBJ_P(__id); \
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/uaf_doctype_iterator.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/uaf_doctype_iterator.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b166a839552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/uaf_doctype_iterator.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--TEST--
+UAF when removing doctype and iterating over the child nodes
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--CREDITS--
+Yuancheng Jiang
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$dom = new DOMDocument;
+$dom->loadXML(<<<XML
+<!DOCTYPE foo [
+    <!ENTITY foo1 "bar1">
+]>
+<foo>&foo1;</foo>
+XML);
+$ref = $dom->documentElement->firstChild;
+$nodes = $ref->childNodes;
+$dom->removeChild($dom->doctype);
+foreach($nodes as $str) {}
+var_dump($nodes);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+object(DOMNodeList)#%d (1) {
+  ["length"]=>
+  int(0)
+}