CVE-2008-3617

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 16, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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