CVE-2012-1440: Aladdin Esafe

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 77.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ELF file parser in Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified identsize field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.

Affected products

• Aladdin Esafe: version 7.0.17.0 only
• Ca Etrust Vet Antivirus: version 36.1.8511 only
• Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus: version 4.2.254.0 only
• Norman Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: version 6.06.12 only
• Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: version 10.0.2.7 only

Published 2012-03-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.