Unscored severity · published Mar 21, 2012
CVE-2012-1457
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…
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CVSS
98.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)98.3% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anti-malware · Emsisoft
5.1.0.1 · source: NVD
AN
Antivir · Avira
7.11.1.163 · source: NVD
AN
Antivirus · K7computing
9.77.3565 · source: NVD
AA
Avast Antivirus · Alwil
4.8.1351.0; 5.0.677.0 · source: NVD
AA
Avg Anti-virus · Avg
10.0.0.1190 · source: NVD
AS
Avl Sdk · Antiy
2.0.3.7 · source: NVD
BI
Bitdefender · Bitdefender
7.2 · source: NVD
CL
Clamav · Clamav
0.96.4 · source: NVD
CA
Command Antivirus · Authentium
5.2.11.5 · source: NVD
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
11.0 · source: NVD
ES
Esafe · Aladdin
7.0.17.0 · source: NVD
FA
F-prot Antivirus · F-prot
4.6.2.117 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1457
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1457
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80389
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80391
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80392
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80393
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80395
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