{"cve":"CVE-2008-3617","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-16T23:00:01.210","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:09.667","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584"],"products":["apple:mac_os_x","apple:mac_os_x_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3617","score":0.01496,"percentile":0.74199,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}