CVE-2006-3985

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in DZIPS32.DLL 6.0.0.4 in ConeXware PowerArchiver 9.62.03 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by adding a new file to a crafted ZIP archive that already contains a file with a long name.

Affected products

Conexware Powerarchiver: through 9.62.03; 8.10, 8.60, 9.5_beta_4, 9.5_beta_5, 9.25

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21199
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1334
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016579
http://vuln.sg/powarc962-en.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27492
http://www.powerarchiver.com/blog/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441205/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19143
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27939
http://secunia.com/advisories/21199
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1334

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