CVE-2012-1457

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1457
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aladdin Esafe 7.0.17.0 All All All
Application Alwil Avast Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 All All All
Application Alwil Avast Antivirus 5.0.677.0 All All All
Application Anti-virus Vba32 3.12.14.2 All All All
Application Antiy Avl Sdk 2.0.3.7 All All All
Application Authentium Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 All All All
Application Avira Antivir 7.11.1.163 All All All
Application Bitdefender Bitdefender 7.2 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Clamav Clamav 0.96.4 All All All
Application Emsisoft Anti-malware 5.1.0.1 All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus 5795 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117 All All All
Application Gdata-software G Data Antivirus 21 All All All
Application Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 All All All
Application Jiangmin Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900 All All All
Application K7computing Antivirus 9.77.3565 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0.0.125 All All All
Application Mcafee Gateway 2010.1c All All All
Application Mcafee Scan Engine 5.400.0.1158 All All All
Application Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 All All All
Application Norman Norman Antivirus Antispyware 6.06.12 All All All
Application Pc Tools Pc Tools Antivirus 7.0.3.5 All All All
Application Rising-global Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 All All All
Application Trendmicro Housecall 9.120.0.1004 All All All
Application Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus 9.120.0.1004 All All All
Application Virusbuster Virusbuster 13.6.151.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/80389 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ieee-security.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/80403 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80407 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80406 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/80396 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80395 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80393 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0833-1: important: ClamAV: 0.97.5 u af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
osvdb.org/80392 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80391 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1457 TAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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