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.

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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
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.598Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6478

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-06T16:10:58.577

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6478

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6478 - Bugzilla

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