CVE-2012-1425

mediumpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.932 · 100 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

93.2% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 POSIX TAR file with an initial \50\4B\03\04 character sequence. 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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
antiy avl sdk= 2.0.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:antiy:avl_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avira antivir= 7.11.1.163nvdUScpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cat quick heal= 11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emsisoft anti-malware= 5.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:emsisoft:anti-malware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eset nod32 antivirus= 5795nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortinet antivirus= 4.2.254.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner= 1.1.97.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ikarus:ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jiangmin jiangmin antivirus= 13.0.900nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jiangmin:jiangmin_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus= 7.0.0.125nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee gateway= 2010.1cnvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee scan engine= 5.400.0.1158nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
norman norman antivirus & antispyware= 6.06.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pc tools pc tools antivirus= 7.0.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pc_tools:pc_tools_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint protection= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trendmicro housecall= 9.120.0.1004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:housecall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trendmicro trend micro antivirus= 9.120.0.1004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:trend_micro_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-03-21modified 2026-06-16

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references (20)

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