debian · CVE-2012-2142

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:59:42 GMT

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CVE-2012-2142 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (poppler, xpdf), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10.

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.

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