Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.6.6-32.el5	0:2.6.6-32.el5
rpm rhel6	pidgin	<0:2.7.9-27.el6	0:2.7.9-27.el6
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.8-1	2.10.8-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-64782. NVD-2013-64783. OSV-DEBIAN-2013-64784. OSV-2013-64785. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2013-6478

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