CVE-2012-2142

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The error function in Error.cc in poppler before 0.21.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a PDF containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
poppler	poppler	before 0.21.4

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90fPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90fPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 9, 2020
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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