VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-6486

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability3.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-02-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references