CVE-2013-6486
Description
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3185.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endIncluding":"2.10.7"} | |
| 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 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.10 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.11 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.8.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.9.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.6 | |
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6486
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.