First published: Thu Oct 30 2003(Updated: )
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[]).
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.5 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.7 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.8 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.1 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.4 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.2 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.6 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2.3 | |
macOS Yosemite | =10.2 |
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CVE-2003-0895 is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2003-0895, upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3 or later, or apply any available patches from Apple.
CVE-2003-0895 affects Mac OS X versions 10.2.1 to 10.2.8.
CVE-2003-0895 may be exploited remotely if an attacker can send specially crafted command-line arguments to affected systems.
The potential impacts of CVE-2003-0895 include system crashes, unauthorized memory access, and arbitrary code execution.