CVE-2003-0525
Windows NT 4.0 - Denial of Service via getCanonicalPath Heap Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
The getCanonicalPath function in Windows NT 4.0 may free memory that it does not own and cause heap corruption, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via requests that cause a long file name to be passed to getCanonicalPath, as demonstrated on the IBM JVM using a long string to the java.io.getCanonicalPath Java method.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_atstake
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-1.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-029
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A319
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12701
Scores
EPSS
0.0771
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_nt
4.0 (23 CPE variants)
Published
Aug 27, 2003
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026