CVE-2003-0525

Published Jul 25, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0519 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 1:58 AM
Reserved
Jul 8, 2003, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 27, 2003, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:02 PM