CVE-2003-0525

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A319

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12701

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

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-1.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-08-27

Updated: 2018-10-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High