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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475e
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
Scores
EPSS
0.0384
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (50)
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.2
pidgin/pidgin
2.1.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.1.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.2
pidgin/pidgin
2.3.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.3.1
... and 40 more
Published
Feb 06, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026