CVE-2012-1456
Description
The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. 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 Products
20| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| aladdin | esafe |
7.0.17.0
|
| avg | avg_anti-virus |
10.0.0.1190
|
| cat | quick_heal |
11.00
|
| comodo | comodo_antivirus |
7424
|
| emsisoft | anti-malware |
5.1.0.1
|
| eset | nod32_antivirus |
5795
|
| f-prot | f-prot_antivirus |
4.6.2.117
|
| fortinet | fortinet_antivirus |
4.2.254.0
|
| ikarus | ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner |
1.1.97.0
|
| jiangmin | jiangmin_antivirus |
13.0.900
|
| kaspersky | kaspersky_anti-virus |
7.0.0.125
|
| mcafee | gateway |
2010.1c
|
| mcafee | scan_engine |
5.400.0.1158
|
| norman | norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware |
6.06.12
|
| pandasecurity | panda_antivirus |
10.0.2.7
|
| rising-global | rising_antivirus |
22.83.00.03
|
| sophos | sophos_anti-virus |
4.61.0
|
| symantec | endpoint_protection |
11.0
|
| trendmicro | housecall |
9.120.0.1004
|
| trendmicro | trend_micro_antivirus |
9.120.0.1004
|
References
Weakness Types
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2012-1456- Published:
- 2012-03-21
- Modified:
- 2026-04-29
- CVSS Score:
- 4.3
- Severity:
- MEDIUM
- Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N