CVE-2012-1459

MEDIUMCVSS v2 · 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 4.3 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 99.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.

Sources: epss, nvd_v2
Elevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 100%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 100%CVSS v2: 4.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
4.3MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
EG Score
4.3(low)
EG Risk
64(Track)
EG Risk 64/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
100%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 21, 2012

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

References (34)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuclamav-daemon (0.97.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1) @ oneiric2026-07-23ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
clamav—0.97.5+dfsg-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
clamav—0.97.5+dfsg-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
clamav—0.97.5+dfsg-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
clamav—0.97.5+dfsg-1—

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 1× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-24 12:30 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-08-19 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-08 08:19 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-07-26 13:45 UTCEG score recompute▲ 4.30
  5. 2026-07-23 01:11 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-23 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-23 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-23 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-23 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-23 01:06 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.00
  11. 2026-07-23 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-22 21:33 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.00
  13. 2026-07-22 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-22 20:20 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-07-05 15:59 UTCOSV refresh
  16. 2026-07-05 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 06:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-17 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-17 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-17 03:05 UTCOSV refresh
  21. 2026-06-15 17:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-13 22:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-10 22:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-10 13:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-05-29 05:03 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-05-29 05:03 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-05-29 05:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-05-28 16:36 UTCOSV refresh
  18. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-05-26 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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  31. 2026-05-18 21:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2012-1459?
CVE-2012-1459 is a medium vulnerability published on March 21, 2012. 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…
When was CVE-2012-1459 disclosed?
CVE-2012-1459 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 21, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2012-1459 actively exploited?
CVE-2012-1459 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 100% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 0.0% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2012-1459?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-1459, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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