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 attackers to cause a denial of service
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-02-06 15:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b05b713b118986c677f94cd2ed0a71dfe4067e21b5b42f3ef520fedcc619e419
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0326http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0139https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2859http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- pidgin.im[support] 20130301 error in pidgin : big url - 2 (pidgin eat a part of url)http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0239http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- pidgin.imhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
- hg.pidgin.imhttp://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e
- pidgin.im[support] 20130301 error in pidgin : big urlhttp://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2100-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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