Poppler · Poppler · 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.