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CVE-2003-0525: microsoft windows_nt

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 25-07-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0525 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in microsoft windows_nt. EPSS estimates a 7.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.71% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
7.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Microsoft1 product
  • windows_nt4.0 | 4.0:sp1 | 4.0:sp2 | 4.0:sp3 | 4.0:sp4 | 4.0:sp5 | 4.0:sp6 | 4.0:sp6a

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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