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CVE-2012-1461

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 91.7% 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 AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. 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

• VirusBlokAda Vba32 Antivirus: 3.12.14.2
• Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
• Avg Anti-Virus: 10.0.0.1190
• Bitdefender: 7.2
• Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
• ESET Nod32 Antivirus: 5795
• F-Secure Anti-Virus: 9.0.16160.0
• Fortinet Antivirus: 4.2.254.0
• 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
• Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
• Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0
• Symantec Endpoint Protection: 11.0
• Trend Micro HouseCall (Consumer): 9.120.0.1004
• Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus: 9.120.0.1004

References

• http://osvdb.org/80500
• http://osvdb.org/80501
• http://osvdb.org/80502
• http://osvdb.org/80503
• http://osvdb.org/80504
• http://osvdb.org/80505
• http://osvdb.org/80506
• http://osvdb.org/80510
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626
• http://osvdb.org/80500

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