clamav — security advisory
The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial [aliases] character sequence. 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.
- Products
- clamav
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.97.5+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-1419
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial [aliases] character sequence. 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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1419
clamav
Fixed versions: 0.97.5+dfsg-1
clamav
Fixed versions: 0.97.5+dfsg-1
clamav
Fixed versions: 0.97.5+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:24.764917744Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416792,
"published_at": "2012-03-21T10:11:47.097+00:00"
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