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CVE-2012-1457

CVE-2012-1457 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 50.85% · 97.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
4.300000190734863
EPSS Score
50.85%
97.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
authentiumcommand_antivirus5.2.11.5
virusbustervirusbuster13.6.151.0
avgavg_anti-virus10.0.0.1190
ikarusikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner1.1.97.0
pc_toolspc_tools_antivirus7.0.3.5
aladdinesafe7.0.17.0
alwilavast_antivirus5.0.677.0, 4.8.1351.0
k7computingantivirus9.77.3565
anti-virusvba323.12.14.2
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
esetnod32_antivirus5795
emsisoftanti-malware5.1.0.1
rising-globalrising_antivirus22.83.00.03
n/an/a*
aviraantivir7.11.1.163
microsoftsecurity_essentials2.0
bitdefenderbitdefender7.2
jiangminjiangmin_antivirus13.0.900
mcafeescan_engine5.400.0.1158
trendmicrohousecall9.120.0.1004

…and 9 more

Exploit Intelligence

…and 6 more exploits

Timeline

  • Mar 20, 2012 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • Oct 30, 2023 EPSS Score
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