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CVE-2013-6486
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing…
High9.3EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0326 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0239 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 65189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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