VAR-200308-0081

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:14

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. Apple Mac OS X has a screen saver, entitled Screen Effects, with a password feature. Mac OS X is an operating system used on Mac machines, based on the BSD system

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