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CVE-2003-0518
Published: Jul 10, 2003
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20030715 FIXED: MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password and get thedesktop back
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20030704 MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password and get the desktop back
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232
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