{"cve":"CVE-2003-0525","nvd":{"published":"2003-08-27T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:02:22.047","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-1.txt","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-029","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12701","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A319","http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-1.txt"],"products":["microsoft:windows_nt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:35:54.859949650+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2003-0525","score":0.07706,"percentile":0.94607,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}