CVE-2012-1458

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1458
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 Microsoft CHM file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted reset interval in the LZXC header of a CHM file. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CHM 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 Clamav Clamav 0.96.4 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 4.61.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1458 CHM File Scan Evasion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/80474 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/80473 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0833-1: important: ClamAV: 0.97.5 u af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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