FKIE_CVE-2013-6486

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-02-06 16:10 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pidgin pidgin *
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
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