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CVE-2003-0518

The screen saver in MacOS X allows users with physical access to cause the screen saver to crash and gain access to the underlying session via a large number of characters in the password field, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published

2003-08-18T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.1 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.2 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.3 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.4 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.5 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.2.6 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.1 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.2 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.3 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.4 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.5 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.2.6 Yes
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