CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-1457

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 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, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, 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 that exceeds the total TAR file size. 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

• aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0 • alwil avast antivirus 4.8.1351.0 • alwil avast antivirus 5.0.677.0 • anti-virus vba32 3.12.14.2 • antiy avl sdk 2.0.3.7 • authentium command antivirus 5.2.11.5 • avg avg anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 • avira antivir 7.11.1.163 • bitdefender bitdefender 7.2 • cat quick heal 11.00 • clamav clamav 0.96.4 • emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1 • eset nod32 antivirus 5795 • f-prot f-prot antivirus 4.6.2.117 • gdata-software g data antivirus 21 • ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner 1.1.97.0 • jiangmin jiangmin antivirus 13.0.900 • k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565 • kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus 7.0.0.125 • mcafee gateway 2010.1c • mcafee scan engine 5.400.0.1158 • microsoft security essentials 2.0 • norman norman antivirus \& antispyware 6.06.12 • pc tools pc tools antivirus 7.0.3.5 • rising-global rising antivirus 22.83.00.03 • symantec endpoint protection 11.0 • trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004 • trendmicro trend micro antivirus 9.120.0.1004 • virusbuster virusbuster 13.6.151.0

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

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