medium4.3
CVE-2013-6478
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 attack…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin | Pidgin | through 2.10.7 Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html