Description
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: 2003-07-10
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0512 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.
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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:58:10.963Z

Reserved: 2003-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0518

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-08-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0518

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