FKIE_CVE-2012-2142
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-09 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | poppler | * | |
| xpdfreader | xpdf | 3.02 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.2 |
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