View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail
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CVE-2012-2142 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (poppler, xpdf), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 19, ignored 4, DNE 2, released 1.
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.