CVE-2013-6478 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2013-6478 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 3.11% · 86.7th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0

4.300000190734863

EPSS Score

3.11%

86.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
pidgin	pidgin	2.10.6, 0, 2.0.0
n/a	n/a	n/a

Timeline

Jan 28, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Oct 23, 2022 EPSS Score
Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score
Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score

References

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/ advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0326 vendor-advisory
RHSA-2014:0139 vendor-advisory
DSA-2859 vendor-advisory
[support] 20130301 error in pidgin : big url - 2 (pidgin eat a part of url) mailing-list
openSUSE-SU-2014:0239 vendor-advisory
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72 url
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e url
[support] 20130301 error in pidgin : big url mailing-list
USN-2100-1 vendor-advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6478 advisory

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