CVE-2003-0525 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in the getCanonicalPath function of Windows NT 4.0. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by sending requests with excessively long filenames, leading to system crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:server:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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