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CVE-2003-0518 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.html CVEPatch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232 CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.html [email protected]Patch

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apple mac os x
10.2
10.2.1
10.2.2
10.2.3
10.2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server
10.2
10.2.1
10.2.2
10.2.3
10.2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0518
NVD Published Date:
Aug 18, 2003
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2003-0518 Details - Not Deferred