CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-1419

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-03-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-03-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial [aliases] character sequence. 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.

Affected configurations

• cat quick heal 11.00 • clamav clamav 0.96.4

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References