CVE-2003-0525 The getCanonicalPath function in Windows NT 4.0 may free memory that it does not own and cause heap corruption, which allows attackers to ca
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0525?
CVE-2003-0525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 25 Jul 2003.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0525?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0525?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-0525 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0525 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-8857-6ch2-mpr7.