PT-2003-1687 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2003-07-10 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2003-0518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MacOS X (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the screen saver in MacOS X, where users with physical access can cause it to crash by entering a large number of characters in the password field. This could potentially trigger a buffer overflow, allowing access to the underlying session.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0518

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0518 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.html · Patch
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232 · Note