How severe is CVE-2012-1461?

No CVSS score has been assigned to CVE-2012-1461 yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which products are affected by CVE-2012-1461?

CVE-2012-1461 affects the following products: anti-virus vba32, authentium command antivirus, avg avg anti-virus, bitdefender bitdefender, emsisoft anti-malware, eset nod32 antivirus, f-secure f-secure anti-virus, fortinet fortinet antivirus, and 12 more.

How do I patch CVE-2012-1461?

No patch has shipped for CVE-2012-1461 yet — track the anti-virus vba32 advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.

How do I detect CVE-2012-1461 across my infrastructure?

Inventory every anti-virus vba32 deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.

How do I mitigate CVE-2012-1461 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.

Is CVE-2012-1461 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2012-1461 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-1461?

CVE-2012-1461 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 91.7%, placing it in the 100th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A score above 50% indicates significantly elevated exploitation risk — immediate patching is strongly recommended.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2012-1461?

CVE-2012-1461 is classified as CWE-264 (CWE-264). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

Which products and versions are affected by CVE-2012-1461?

CVE-2012-1461 affects anti-virus vba32 (1 version, e.g. 3.12.14.2); authentium command antivirus (1 version, e.g. 5.2.11.5); avg avg anti-virus (1 version, e.g. 10.0.0.1190); bitdefender bitdefender (1 version, e.g. 7.2), and 16 more product(s). Check the affected-products list on this page against your deployed version to confirm exposure.

When was CVE-2012-1461 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2012-1461 was published on March 21, 2012 and was last updated on June 16, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

CVE-2012-1461: VBA32

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

91.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Very High Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs100th percentile — riskier than 100% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Description

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

20 products · 20 configurations

Application

vba32anti-virus

1 version

3.12.14.2

Application

command antivirusauthentium

1 version

5.2.11.5

Application

avg anti-virusavg

1 version

10.0.0.1190

Application

bitdefenderbitdefender

1 version

7.2

Application

anti-malwareemsisoft

1 version

5.1.0.1

Application

nod32 antiviruseset

1 version

5795

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance

Detect
Inventory every anti-virus vba32 deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Remediation status
No patch has shipped for CVE-2012-1461 yet — track the anti-virus vba32 advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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CVE-2012-1461 — VBA32

EPSS Exploitation Probability

Description

Affected Products

Detection & mitigation playbook

Detect

Remediation status

Mitigate without a patch

Frequently Asked Questions

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