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CVE-2012-1457
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 98.3% 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 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, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, 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 that exceeds the total TAR file size. 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
- Aladdin Esafe: 7.0.17.0
- Alwil Avast Antivirus: 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0
- VirusBlokAda Vba32 Antivirus: 3.12.14.2
- Antiy Avl Sdk: 2.0.3.7
- Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
- Avg Anti-Virus: 10.0.0.1190
- AVIRA Antivir: 7.11.1.163
- Bitdefender: 7.2
- Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
- Cisco ClamAV: 0.96.4
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
- ESET Nod32 Antivirus: 5795
- F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
- Gdata-Software G Data Antivirus: 21
- Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner: 1.1.97.0
- JiangMin Antivirus: 13.0.900
- K7Computing Antivirus: 9.77.3565
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 7.0.0.125
- McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
- McAfee Scan Engine: 5.400.0.1158
- Microsoft Security Essentials: 2.0
- Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
- Pc Tools Antivirus: 7.0.3.5
- Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
- Symantec Endpoint Protection: 11.0
- Trend Micro HouseCall (Consumer): 9.120.0.1004
- Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus: 9.120.0.1004
- Virusbuster: 13.6.151.0
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/80389
- http://osvdb.org/80391
- http://osvdb.org/80392
- http://osvdb.org/80393
- http://osvdb.org/80395
- http://osvdb.org/80396
- http://osvdb.org/80403
- http://osvdb.org/80406
- http://osvdb.org/80407
- http://osvdb.org/80409
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
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