CVE-2012-2142

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions poppler versions prior to 0.21.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a PDF containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator. This is due to an error in the error function in Error.cc.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.21.4, update to version 0.21.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of PDFs from untrusted sources until the update is applied.