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CVE-2007-2856
Buffer overflow in the Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression ActiveX control in DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3, when Internet Explorer 6 is…
High9.3EPSS 7.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20070525 IE 6 / Dart Communications PowerTCP ZIP Compression Control (DartZip.dll 1.8.5.3) remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 38111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- powertcp-service-activex-bo(34494) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070524 Dart Communications PowerTCP Service Control (DartService.dll 3.1.3.3) remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- powertcp-compression-bo(34520) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 24142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/ie_DartZip_bof.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-2856)Record last updated .