CVE-2012-1460

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 94.4% 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 Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with stray bytes at the end. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

Affected products

Aladdin Esafe: 7.0.17.0
VirusBlokAda Vba32 Antivirus: 3.12.14.2
Antiy Avl Sdk: 2.0.3.7
Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
JiangMin Antivirus: 13.0.900
K7Computing Antivirus: 9.77.3565

References

http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52629
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74308
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52629
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74308

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