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.
Published: 2014-02-06
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2859-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6282 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.598Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6478

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-06T16:10:58.577

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6478

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6478 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses