CVE-2013-6478

pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs

Published Feb 6, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Analysis

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Remediation

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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

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation

  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:39 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2014, 4:10 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 AM