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CVE-2012-1424

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 87.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The TAR file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \19\04\00\10 character sequence at a certain location. 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.

Affected products

• Antiy Avl Sdk: 2.0.3.7
• Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
• JiangMin Antivirus: 13.0.900
• Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
• Pc Tools Antivirus: 7.0.3.5
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/80390
• http://osvdb.org/80391
• http://osvdb.org/80392
• http://osvdb.org/80409
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• http://osvdb.org/80390
• http://osvdb.org/80391
• http://osvdb.org/80392
• http://osvdb.org/80409
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

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