CVE-2012-2142
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-09 20:42
Modified
2024-08-06 19:26
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90fPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90fPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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