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CVE-2012-1459· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, 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, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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, 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 corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 21, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
99.8% · 100th percentile
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Action score

47

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
30 / 30 · 99.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ahnlabv3 internet security
alwilavast antivirus
anti-virusvba32
antiyavl sdk
authentiumcommand antivirus
avgavg anti-virus
aviraantivir
bitdefenderbitdefender
catquick heal
clamavclamav
comodocomodo antivirus
emsisoftanti-malware

and 22 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ahnlab v3 internet security2011.01.18.00
  • alwil avast antivirus4.8.1351.0
  • alwil avast antivirus5.0.677.0
  • anti-virus vba323.12.14.2
  • antiy avl sdk2.0.3.7
  • authentium command antivirus5.2.11.5
  • avg avg anti-virus10.0.0.1190
  • avira antivir7.11.1.163
  • bitdefender bitdefender7.2
  • cat quick heal11.00
  • clamav clamav0.96.4
  • comodo comodo antivirus7424
  • emsisoft anti-malware5.1.0.1
  • eset nod32 antivirus5795
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus4.6.2.117
  • f-secure f-secure anti-virus9.0.16160.0
  • fortinet fortinet antivirus4.2.254.0
  • gdata-software g data antivirus21
  • ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner1.1.97.0
  • jiangmin jiangmin antivirus13.0.900

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12clamavbefore 0.97.5+dfsg-10.97.5+dfsg-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedclamavbefore 0.99.2-4.10.99.2-4.1

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-1462The ZIP file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft
    46Plan
  • CVE-2012-1463The ELF file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5
    45Plan
  • CVE-2012-1436The Microsoft EXE file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Util
    45Plan
  • CVE-2012-1435The Microsoft EXE file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Util
    45Plan
  • CVE-2012-1433The Microsoft EXE file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Ikarus Virus Util
    45Plan
  • CVE-2007-6060AhnLab Antivirus 3 Internet Security 2008 Platinum appends data to a filename string at a location indicated by the "Filename length" field
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Debian:clamav0.97.5+dfsg-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
openSUSE:clamav0.99.2-4.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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