Blank screen on custom error 404 page - asp-classic

In IIS 8.5, I have a default web site with a custom page that handles 404 errors.
This custom page is default.asp, which is also the site's default document.
When a 404 error occurs and the default.asp happens to have any other error (for instance, a SQL query timeout), IIS shows only a blank page and not the actual error.
If default.asp is accessed explicitly (no 404 error), the error is correctly shown.
Steps to reproduce this problem:
Configure a web site with a 404 error document pointing to default.asp
Create a default.asp with a divide by zero error: <%=1/0%>
Access /notexists.htm in your site. A blank screen is shown.
Access /default.asp. A divide by zero error is shown, which was also expected in step 3.
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