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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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.99908,"percentile":0.99967,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:33Z","products":[{"vendor":"aladdin","product":"esafe"},{"vendor":"avg","product":"avg_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"cat","product":"quick_heal"},{"vendor":"comodo","product":"comodo_antivirus"},{"vendor":"emsisoft","product":"anti-malware"},{"vendor":"eset","product":"nod32_antivirus"},{"vendor":"f-prot","product":"f-prot_antivirus"},{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortinet_antivirus"},{"vendor":"ikarus","product":"ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner"},{"vendor":"jiangmin","product":"jiangmin_antivirus"},{"vendor":"kaspersky","product":"kaspersky_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"gateway"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"scan_engine"},{"vendor":"norman","product":"norman_antivirus_\\\u0026_antispyware"},{"vendor":"pandasecurity","product":"panda_antivirus"},{"vendor":"rising-global","product":"rising_antivirus"},{"vendor":"sophos","product":"sophos_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"symantec","product":"endpoint_protection"},{"vendor":"trendmicro","product":"housecall"},{"vendor":"trendmicro","product":"trend_micro_antivirus"}],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80406","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80403","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80389","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80391","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74289","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80409","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80396","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80390","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52608","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80395","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1456"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x687-p66q-w3j2"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1456","description":"The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file.  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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T19:01:00.493Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:52.27879Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-1478","description":"The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file.  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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T19:01:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:17.940678Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-x687-p66q-w3j2","title":"The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo...","description":"The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file.  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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T01:48:19Z","modified":"2023-02-03T05:05:43Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:53:47.32068Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1456","description":"The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file.  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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:11:49.24Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:33.957Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:13.901526Z"}]}}