CVE-2012-2142

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-09

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Opensuse Freedesktop Xpdfreader

References (12)

Patch http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992...
Patch http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936
Patch http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992...
Patch http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db...
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low