CVE-2013-6478
N/A
Published: February 6, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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