Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0518
CVE-2003-0518
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.
Affected products
15cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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