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Fix the date on the 2023 Q3 state of the bird
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3 weeks ago, Gary Kramlich
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Fix the date on the 2023 Q3 state of the bird
Testing Done:
Eyeball tests.
Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/2791/
---
title: cve-2013-6478-00
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
cveNumber: cve-2013-6478
summary: Crash when hovering pointer over a long URL
discoveredBy: See support mails in description
fixedInRelease: 2.10.8
type: security
layout: cve
hidden: true
---
### Description
libX11 forcefully exits when Pidgin tries to create an exceptionally wide
tooltip window.
[
support email #1
](
https://lists.pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html
)
[
support email #2
](
https://lists.pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html
)
### Mitigation
Only display the first 200 characters of the URL in the tooltip.
