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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2003-08-18T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2003-0518
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD