CVE-2008-3617
Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-3617- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-3617- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3603 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-3603- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8crm-vpm6-5897 No score
Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8crm-vpm6-5897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3617 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apple Mac Os X, published September 16, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/31189
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
securitytracker.com/id?1020882
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3617
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8crm-vpm6-5897