Untriaged
The error function in Error.cc in poppler before 0.21.4 allows …
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.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5 x_refsource_MISC
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d0899… x_refsource_MISC
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4d… x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d0899… x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4d… x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5 x_refsource_MISC
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d0899… x_refsource_MISC
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4d… x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/5 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=71bad47ed6a36d825b0d0899… x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/NEWS?id=2bc48d5369f1dbecfc4d… x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00049.html x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/09/6 x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
Affected products
poppler
- ==before 0.21.4
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.poppler
PDF rendering library
pkgs.poppler_gi
PDF rendering library
pkgs.poppler_min
PDF rendering library
pkgs.poppler_data
Encoding files for Poppler, a PDF rendering library
pkgs.poppler-utils
PDF rendering library
pkgs.libsForQt5.poppler
PDF rendering library
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nixos-unstable qt5-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt5-25.10.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt5-25.10.0
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nixos-25.11 qt5-25.10.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt5-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt5-25.10.0
pkgs.kdePackages.poppler
PDF rendering library
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nixos-unstable qt6-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt6-25.10.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt6-25.10.0
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nixos-25.11 qt6-25.10.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt6-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt6-25.10.0
pkgs.qt6Packages.poppler
PDF rendering library
-
nixos-unstable qt6-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt6-25.10.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt6-25.10.0
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nixos-25.11 qt6-25.10.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt6-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt6-25.10.0
pkgs.plasma5Packages.poppler
PDF rendering library
-
nixos-unstable qt5-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt5-25.10.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt5-25.10.0
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nixos-25.11 qt5-25.10.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt5-25.10.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt5-25.10.0
pkgs.haskellPackages.gi-poppler
Poppler bindings
pkgs.python312Packages.poppler-qt5
None
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nixos-25.11 qt5-21.3.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt5-21.3.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt5-21.3.0
pkgs.python313Packages.poppler-qt5
None
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nixos-unstable qt5-21.3.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt5-21.3.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt5-21.3.0
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nixos-25.11 qt5-21.3.0
- nixos-25.11-small qt5-21.3.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin qt5-21.3.0
pkgs.python314Packages.poppler-qt5
None
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nixos-unstable qt5-21.3.0
- nixpkgs-unstable qt5-21.3.0
- nixos-unstable-small qt5-21.3.0
pkgs.zathuraPkgs.zathura_pdf_poppler
Zathura PDF plugin (poppler)
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nixos-unstable 0.3.4
- nixpkgs-unstable 2026.02.03
- nixos-unstable-small 2026.02.03
pkgs.python312Packages.python-poppler
Python binding to poppler-cpp
pkgs.python313Packages.python-poppler
Python binding to poppler-cpp
pkgs.python314Packages.python-poppler
Python binding to poppler-cpp
pkgs.tests.pkg-config.defaultPkgConfigPackages.poppler-glib
Test whether poppler-glib-25.07.0 exposes pkg-config modules poppler-glib
Package maintainers
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@ttuegel Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@mailbox.org>
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@jtojnar Jan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>
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@onny Jonas Heinrich <onny@project-insanity.org>