CVE-2012-2142
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-09 20:42Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 85bd6ee885c452e1572aaee554afe8d2096a8f93cd8085cf4506a6db1a42cef6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90f
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936
- lists.opensuse.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.18.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.18.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.18.4-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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