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title: "CVE-2013-6486\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6486

Publication date 6 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6486?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pidgin | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6486?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

fix for incorrect CVE-2011-3185 fix
windows specific.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pidgin | * Upstream:   <http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6486)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6486)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6486)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6486)

### Other references

* <http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6486>