CVE-2012-1457

Description

The TAR file parser in 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, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, 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 that exceeds the total TAR file size. 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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 86.94% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/80406 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80393 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 mailing list
http://osvdb.org/80403 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80389 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80391 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80409 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80396 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80392 vdb entry
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52610 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80407 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/80395 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74293 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1457?
CVE-2012-1457 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1457?
To fix CVE-2012-1457, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1457 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1457 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~87% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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