| Name | CVE-2012-2142 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 487773 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| poppler (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 22.12.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 24.08.0-3 | fixed |
| xpdf (PTS) | bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.04+git20240613-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| poppler | source | (unstable) | 0.18.4-7 | unimportant | | 487773 |
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- xpdf <not-affected> (uses poppler's Error.cc)
poppler upstream patch http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40