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hugo/content/about/security/advisories/cve-2013-6478-00.md

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:35:51 -0600

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Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>

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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:35:51 -0600

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Updates for the 2.14.14 release

Testing Done:
Ran `npm run hugo:server` and verified the download links and changelog were displayed properly.

Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/3782/

---
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.