CVE-2013-6478 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources

Severity

4.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

3.1%

top 13.17%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Pidgin Debian Pidgin

Timeline

PublishedFeb 6

Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.8-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.8-1+3

▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.7+52

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-m565-4whf-pw8r: gtkimhtml↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2013-6478: gtkimhtml↗2014-02-06

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2014-02-06

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Red Hat

pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs↗2014-01-28

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Debian

CVE-2013-6478: pidgin - gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying l...↗2013

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6490 pidgin: various fl↗2014-01-29

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Bugzilla

CVE-2013-6478 pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs↗2014-01-23

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