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CVE-2012-1459

UNKNOWN
4.3CVSS
Published: 2012-03-21
Updated: 2025-04-11
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Description

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, G Data AntiVirus 21, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different TAR parser implementations.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector
network
Access Cmplx
medium
Auth
none
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
partial
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Metadata

Primary Vendor
AHNLAB
Published
3/21/2012
Last Modified
4/11/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

ahnlab : v3_internet_securityalwil : avast_antivirusalwil : avast_antivirusanti-virus : vba32antiy : avl_sdkauthentium : command_antivirusavg : avg_anti-virusavira : antivirbitdefender : bitdefendercat : quick_healclamav : clamavcomodo : comodo_antivirusemsisoft : anti-malwareeset : nod32_antivirusf-prot : f-prot_antivirusf-secure : f-secure_anti-virusfortinet : fortinet_antivirusgdata-software : g_data_antivirusikarus : ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scannerjiangmin : jiangmin_antivirusk7computing : antiviruskaspersky : kaspersky_anti-virusmcafee : gatewaymcafee : scan_enginemicrosoft : security_essentialsnorman : norman_antivirus_\&_antispywarenprotect : nprotect_antiviruspandasecurity : panda_antiviruspc_tools : pc_tools_antivirusrising-global : rising_antivirussophos : sophos_anti-virussymantec : endpoint_protectiontrendmicro : housecalltrendmicro : trend_micro_antivirusvirusbuster : virusbuster

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