CVE-2007-2856
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2848)
- Published
- May 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2848 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dart / powertcp zip compression
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://osvdb.org/38111
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.html(Exploit)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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