Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is use…

Published 19 y ago 2007-05-24 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

9.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

7.2%

percentile 94%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-3984 Dart Communications PowerTCP - ZIP Compression Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 2007-05-25
EDB-3982 Dart Communications PowerTCP - Service Control Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 2007-05-24

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

securityfocus.com /archive/1/469592/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
osvdb.org /38111 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/24163 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/34494 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/469503/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/34520 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/24142 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
retrogod.altervista.org /ie_DartZip_bof.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2007-2856
NVD: CVE-2007-2856

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