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CVE-2012-1457

medium · 4.3

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.

4.3
CVSS
98.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2012-03-21
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
aladdinesafe7.0.17.0
alwilavast_antivirus4.8.1351.0
alwilavast_antivirus5.0.677.0
anti-virusvba323.12.14.2
antiyavl_sdk2.0.3.7
authentiumcommand_antivirus5.2.11.5
avgavg_anti-virus10.0.0.1190
aviraantivir7.11.1.163
bitdefenderbitdefender7.2
catquick_heal11.00
clamavclamav0.96.4
emsisoftanti-malware5.1.0.1
esetnod32_antivirus5795
f-protf-prot_antivirus4.6.2.117
gdata-softwareg_data_antivirus21
ikarusikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner1.1.97.0
jiangminjiangmin_antivirus13.0.900
k7computingantivirus9.77.3565
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
mcafeegateway2010.1c
mcafeescan_engine5.400.0.1158
microsoftsecurity_essentials2.0
normannorman_antivirus_&_antispyware6.06.12
pc_toolspc_tools_antivirus7.0.3.5
rising-globalrising_antivirus22.83.00.03
symantecendpoint_protection11.0
trendmicrohousecall9.120.0.1004
trendmicrotrend_micro_antivirus9.120.0.1004
virusbustervirusbuster13.6.151.0

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References

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