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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 Gzip 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":0.9815,"percentile":0.99913,"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":"2026-06-16T23:39:34Z","products":[{"vendor":"anti-virus","product":"vba32"},{"vendor":"authentium","product":"command_antivirus"},{"vendor":"avg","product":"avg_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"bitdefender","product":"bitdefender"},{"vendor":"emsisoft","product":"anti-malware"},{"vendor":"eset","product":"nod32_antivirus"},{"vendor":"f-secure","product":"f-secure_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortinet_antivirus"},{"vendor":"ikarus","product":"ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner"},{"vendor":"jiangmin","product":"jiangmin_antivirus"},{"vendor":"k7computing","product":"antivirus"},{"vendor":"kaspersky","product":"kaspersky_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"gateway"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"scan_engine"},{"vendor":"norman","product":"norman_antivirus_\\\u0026_antispyware"},{"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/80502","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80504","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80506","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80500","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80505","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80501","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80503","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80510","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1461"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qj9h-4crw-68p7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1461","description":"The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams.  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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T19:01:01.258Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:52.27879Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-0037","description":"The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams.  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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 Gzip parser implementations.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T05:18:54Z","modified":"2023-01-28T05:03:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:43:59.810751Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1461","description":"The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams.  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