CVE-2003-0525

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.0

Exploit probability—

Product

Microsoft Windows Nt

PublishedAug 27, 2003

First seenAug 27, 2003

How to fix

Vendor advisories

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-029

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
microsoft windows_nt	4.0	—

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