CVE-2003-0518

macOS X - Denial of Service via Screen Saver Password Field Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 31.0%

Details

Status published
Products (14)
apple/mac_os_x 10.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.3
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.4
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.2.6
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.2
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.2.1
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.2.2
... and 4 more
Published Aug 18, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026