CVE-2003-0895

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the Mac OS X kernel 10.2.8 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (crash), access portions of memory, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument (argv[]).

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13541

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8913

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-3.txt

http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-11-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00306