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CVE-2012-1425

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 92.2%EU EUVD

The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \50\4B\03\04 character sequence. 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.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
92.2% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-1450)
Published
March 21, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1450 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • antiy / avl sdk
  • avira / antivir
  • cat / quick heal
  • emsisoft / anti-malware
  • eset / nod32 antivirus
  • fortinet / fortinet antivirus
  • ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
  • jiangmin / jiangmin antivirus
  • kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
  • mcafee / gateway
  • mcafee / scan engine
  • norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
  • pc tools / pc tools antivirus
  • symantec / endpoint protection
  • trendmicro / housecall
  • trendmicro / trend micro antivirus

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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