CVE-2012-1446

mediumpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.997 · 100 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

99.7% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified encoding field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF 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 (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
aladdin esafe= 7.0.17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:aladdin:esafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
antiy avl sdk= 2.0.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:antiy:avl_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca etrust vet antivirus= 36.1.8511nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ca:etrust_vet_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cat quick heal= 11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortinet antivirus= 4.2.254.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pandasecurity panda antivirus= 10.0.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pandasecurity:panda_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pc tools pc tools antivirus= 7.0.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pc_tools:pc_tools_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rising-global rising antivirus= 22.83.00.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos sophos anti-virus= 4.61.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint protection= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

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 (18)

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