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CVE-2012-1459

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 100.0%EU EUVD

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, 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, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, 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 corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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
100.0% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0036)
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-2012-0036 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ahnlab / v3 internet security
  • alwil / avast antivirus
  • alwil / avast antivirus
  • anti-virus / vba32
  • antiy / avl sdk
  • authentium / command antivirus
  • avg / avg anti-virus
  • avira / antivir
  • bitdefender / bitdefender
  • cat / quick heal
  • clamav / clamav
  • comodo / comodo antivirus
  • emsisoft / anti-malware
  • eset / nod32 antivirus
  • f-prot / f-prot antivirus
  • f-secure / f-secure anti-virus
  • fortinet / fortinet antivirus
  • gdata-software / g data antivirus
  • ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
  • jiangmin / jiangmin antivirus
  • k7computing / antivirus
  • kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
  • mcafee / gateway
  • mcafee / scan engine
  • microsoft / security essentials
  • norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
  • nprotect / nprotect antivirus
  • pandasecurity / panda antivirus
  • pc tools / pc tools antivirus
  • rising-global / rising antivirus
  • sophos / sophos anti-virus
  • symantec / endpoint protection
  • trendmicro / housecall
  • trendmicro / trend micro antivirus
  • virusbuster / virusbuster

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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