CVE-2007-2856

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the QuickZip function, a related issue to CVE-2007-2855.

Affected products

Dart Powertcp Zip Compression: 1.8.5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/38111
http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469503/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469592/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24163
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34494
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34520
http://osvdb.org/38111
http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469503/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469592/100/0/threaded

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