CVE-2012-1461

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

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80500
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80501
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80502
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80503
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80504
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80505
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80506
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80510
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80500
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80502
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80503
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80504
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80505
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80506
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80510
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
91.7%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

authentium rising-global ikarus avg symantec k7computing fortinet mcafee norman eset +8 more