CVE-2012-2142

HIGH

poppler <0.21.4 - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

References (6)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90f

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0133

EPSS Percentile 79.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (5)

freedesktop/poppler < 0.21.4

xpdfreader/xpdf

redhat/enterprise_linux

opensuse/opensuse

Timeline

Published Jan 09, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026