It's already fixed with Pidgin 2.10.7. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041141
Title: pidgin crashes with malformed png Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is for Pidgin 2.7.11 (libpurple 2.7.11); the package is 'pidgin' version '1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2' on Ubuntu Natty. I originally reported this to the Pidgin developers but it appears to also be related to GTK on Natty. The original bug has a lot of information: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15282 In short, without just repeating the full pidgin bug, when I attempt to set the following PNG as my buddy icon, pidgin crashes: http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/14571/png-1-width-800-height-2.png These images may also be of interest: http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/14571/local-buddy-icon.png http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/14571/png-1-width-519-height-2.png This may also be of interest to the security team - GTK may be the actual issue underlying all of the tickets: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14571#comment:15 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1041141/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp