CVE-2012-1451: Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 67.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1 and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved2 field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CAB parser implementations.

Affected products

• Emsisoft Anti-Malware: version 5.1.0.1 only
• Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities t3 Command Line Scanner: version 1.1.97.0 only

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