CVE-2013-6486

no score yetEPSS 3.8%

pidgin pidgin: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2014-02-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pidgin:pidgin

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

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