CVE-2012-1457

N/A Unknown
Published: March 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80389
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80391
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80392
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80393
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80395
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80396
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80403
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80406
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80407
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80409
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80389
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80391
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80392
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80395
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80396
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80403
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80406
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80407
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80409
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52610
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74293
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
98.3%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

authentium microsoft k7computing mcafee pc_tools antiy anti-virus clamav cat symantec +16 more