CVE-2012-1460
The Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with stray bytes at the end. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip 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
- 93.8% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1480)
- 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-2012-1480 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- aladdin / esafe
- anti-virus / vba32
- antiy / avl sdk
- authentium / command antivirus
- cat / quick heal
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- jiangmin / jiangmin antivirus
- k7computing / antivirus
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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