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CVE-2012-1429

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 91.9%EU EUVD

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF 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
91.9% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-1454)
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-2012-1454 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • aladdin / esafe
  • comodo / comodo antivirus
  • emsisoft / anti-malware
  • f-secure / f-secure anti-virus
  • ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
  • mcafee / gateway
  • mcafee / scan engine
  • nprotect / nprotect antivirus
  • softwin / bitdefender

References

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

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