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
Published Jul 10, 2003
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
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
No data.
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00094) | 24.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00186) | 57.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 47.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0034.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-07/0187.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch | |
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120232 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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