CVE-2012-1458

ClamAV 0.96.4 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 - Malware Detection Bypass via CHM LZXC Header Reset Interval

Title source: llm

Description

The Microsoft CHM file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted reset interval in the LZXC header of a CHM file. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CHM parser implementations.

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52611

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80473

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74301

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80474

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094

Scores

EPSS 0.0812

EPSS Percentile 92.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (2)

clamav/clamav 0.96.4

sophos/sophos_anti-virus 4.61.0

Published Mar 21, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026