CVE-2012-1457 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-1457

The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

esafe, avast antivirus, vba32, avl sdk, command antivirus, avg anti-virus, antivir, bitdefender, quick heal, clamav, anti-malware, nod32 antivirus, f-prot antivirus, g data antivirus, ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner, jiangmin antivirus, antivirus, kaspersky anti-virus, gateway, scan engine, security essentials, norman antivirus \& antispyware, pc tools antivirus, rising antivirus, endpoint protection, housecall, trend micro antivirus, virusbuster
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.17.0, 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0, 3.12.14.2, 2.0.3.7, 5.2.11.5, 10.0.0.1190, 7.11.1.163, 7.2, 11.00, 0.96.4, 5.1.0.1, 5795, 4.6.2.117, 21, 1.1.97.0, 13.0.900, 9.77.3565, 7.0.0.125, 2010.1c, 5.400.0.1158, 2.0, 6.06.12, 7.0.3.5, 22.83.00.03, 11.0, 9.120.0.1004, 13.6.151.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.