VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.htmlPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.htmlPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.