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CVE-2012-1446

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 99.6%EU EUVD

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified encoding field. 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
99.6% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-1468)
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-2012-1468 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • aladdin / esafe
  • antiy / avl sdk
  • ca / etrust vet antivirus
  • cat / quick heal
  • fortinet / fortinet antivirus
  • kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
  • mcafee / gateway
  • mcafee / scan engine
  • norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
  • pandasecurity / panda antivirus
  • pc tools / pc tools antivirus
  • rising-global / rising antivirus
  • sophos / sophos anti-virus
  • symantec / endpoint protection

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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