K7computing maintains a focused portfolio of consumer and enterprise antivirus and security software products that operate at the system level with elevated privilege and deep kernel integration. Vulnerabilities affecting the vendor concentrate in its antivirus and total/ultimate security suites and recur through weakness classes including improper input validation, out-of-bounds writes, buffer overflows, and privilege-management flaws—patterns typical of native security tools that parse untrusted files and interact with the Windows kernel at low levels. The vendor's disclosures skew toward moderate severity outcomes, reflecting both the privileged execution context of antivirus engines and the input-handling complexity inherent to signature scanning and threat-detection systems. Defenders deploying K7 products should prioritize patching on systems handling untrusted content and monitor the vendor's security advisories closely, given the direct kernel access antivirus software requires; live severity and exploitation figures are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by K7computing over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (60 CVEs).
60 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2012-1459MEDIUM 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 | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 71 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1457MEDIUM The TAR file parser in 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 | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 70 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1443MEDIUM The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protectio | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 69 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1461MEDIUM 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 | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 66 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1420MEDIUM The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 66 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1460MEDIUM The Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Jiangmin Antivirus | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 65 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1423MEDIUM The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line S | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 63 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-1426MEDIUM The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Rising An | Mar 21, 2012 | 4.3 | 62 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-18019HIGH In K7 Total Security before 15.1.0.305, user-controlled input to the K7Sentry device is not sufficiently sanitized: the user-controlled input can be used to compare an arbitrary me | Jan 4, 2018 | 7.1 | 33 | NO | YES |
CVE-2019-16897CRITICAL In K7 Antivirus Premium 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; K7 Total Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120; and K7 Ultimate Security 16.0.xxx through 16.0.0120, the module K7TSHlpr.dll impro | Oct 28, 2019 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (60 CVEs).
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