CVE-2012-1460
mediumpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.944 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with stray bytes at the end. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.
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affected products (9)
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references (10)
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- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005cnnvd
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52629enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74308enisa_euvd
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005nvd
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