{"cve":"CVE-2012-1459","nvd":{"published":"2012-03-21T10:11:49.597","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:34.403","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html","http://osvdb.org/80389","http://osvdb.org/80390","http://osvdb.org/80391","http://osvdb.org/80392"],"products":["ahnlab:v3_internet_security","alwil:avast_antivirus","anti-virus:vba32","antiy:avl_sdk","authentium:command_antivirus","avg:avg_anti-virus","avira:antivir","bitdefender:bitdefender","cat:quick_heal","clamav:clamav","comodo:comodo_antivirus","emsisoft:anti-malware","eset:nod32_antivirus","f-prot:f-prot_antivirus","f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus","fortinet:fortinet_antivirus","gdata-software:g_data_antivirus","ikarus:ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner","jiangmin:jiangmin_antivirus","k7computing:antivirus","kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus","mcafee:gateway","mcafee:scan_engine","microsoft:security_essentials","norman:norman_antivirus_\\&_antispyware","nprotect:nprotect_antivirus","pandasecurity:panda_antivirus","pc_tools:pc_tools_antivirus","rising-global:rising_antivirus","sophos:sophos_anti-virus","symantec:endpoint_protection","trendmicro:housecall","trendmicro:trend_micro_antivirus","virusbuster:virusbuster"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1459","score":0.99814,"percentile":0.99959,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}