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    CVE-2012-1457

    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.

    Published:Mar 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.70881
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Aladdin
    Product
    Esafe
    Vendor
    Alwil
    Product
    Avast Antivirus
    Vendor
    Anti-virus
    Product
    Vba32
    Vendor
    Antiy
    Product
    Avl Sdk
    Vendor
    Authentium
    Product
    Command Antivirus
    Vendor
    Avg
    Product
    Avg Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Avira
    Product
    Antivir
    Vendor
    Bitdefender
    Product
    Bitdefender
    Vendor
    Cat
    Product
    Quick Heal
    Vendor
    Clamav
    Product
    Clamav
    Vendor
    Emsisoft
    Product
    Anti-malware
    Vendor
    Eset
    Product
    Nod32 Antivirus
    Vendor
    F-prot
    Product
    F-prot Antivirus
    Vendor
    Gdata-software
    Product
    G Data Antivirus
    Vendor
    Ikarus
    Product
    Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner
    Vendor
    Jiangmin
    Product
    Jiangmin Antivirus
    Vendor
    K7computing
    Product
    Antivirus
    Vendor
    Kaspersky
    Product
    Kaspersky Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Gateway
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Scan Engine
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Security Essentials
    Vendor
    Norman
    Product
    Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware
    Vendor
    Pc Tools
    Product
    Pc Tools Antivirus
    Vendor
    Rising-global
    Product
    Rising Antivirus
    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Endpoint Protection
    Vendor
    Trendmicro
    Product
    Housecall
    Vendor
    Trendmicro
    Product
    Trend Micro Antivirus
    Vendor
    Virusbuster
    Product
    Virusbuster

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    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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