CVE-2012-1461
The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. 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
- 98.2% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0037)
- 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-2012-0037 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- anti-virus / vba32
- authentium / command antivirus
- avg / avg anti-virus
- bitdefender / bitdefender
- emsisoft / anti-malware
- eset / nod32 antivirus
- f-secure / f-secure anti-virus
- fortinet / fortinet antivirus
- ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
- jiangmin / jiangmin antivirus
- k7computing / antivirus
- kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
- mcafee / gateway
- mcafee / scan engine
- norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
- rising-global / rising antivirus
- sophos / sophos anti-virus
- 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.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- http://osvdb.org/80500
- http://osvdb.org/80501
- http://osvdb.org/80502
- http://osvdb.org/80503
- http://osvdb.org/80504
- http://osvdb.org/80505
- http://osvdb.org/80506
- http://osvdb.org/80510
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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