CVE-2013-6478

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 6, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-6478: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix