Input validation error in Poppler - CVE-2012-2142
Published: January 9, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34879
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2142
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Affected software
Poppler
Fedora
Slackware Linux
xpdf
Fedora
Slackware Linux
xpdf
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2142
Install update from vendor's website.
Poppler - update to 0.21.4
xpdf - addressed in versions 3.03-8.el5.1, 3.03-8.el6.1
xpdf - addressed in versions 3.03-8.el5.1, 3.03-8.el6.1
External References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d08992c8db56845c71e40
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4db2878f33bdeb80d8d90f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936