CVE-2013-6478

Publication date 5 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2100-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
6 February 2014

Other references

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6478