CVE-2013-6478
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 4%
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.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 13 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 14 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 7 | pidgin | 2.10.9-1~deb7u1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | finch | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | finch-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-docs | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |