CVE-2012-1461: Anti-Virus VBA32

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 91.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Anti-Virus VBA32: version 3.12.14.2 only
  • Authentium Command Antivirus: version 5.2.11.5 only
  • Avg Avg Anti-Virus: version 10.0.0.1190 only
  • Bitdefender Bitdefender: version 7.2 only
  • Emsisoft Anti-Malware: version 5.1.0.1 only
  • Eset NOD32 Antivirus: version 5795 only
  • F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus: version 9.0.16160.0 only
  • Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus: version 4.2.254.0 only
  • Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities t3 Command Line Scanner: version 1.1.97.0 only
  • Jiangmin Jiangmin Antivirus: version 13.0.900 only
  • k7computing Antivirus: version 9.77.3565 only
  • Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus: version 7.0.0.125 only
  • McAfee Gateway: version 2010.1c only
  • McAfee Scan Engine: version 5.400.0.1158 only
  • Norman Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: version 6.06.12 only
  • Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: version 22.83.00.03 only
  • Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus: version 4.61.0 only
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection: version 11.0 only
  • Trend Micro Housecall: version 9.120.0.1004 only
  • Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus: version 9.120.0.1004 only

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