CVE-2010-1597

critical

Published 2010-04-29 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in zgtips.dll in ZipGenius 6.3.1.2552 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP file containing an entry with a long filename.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-12326 local windows verified

corelanc0d3r · 2010-04-21

ZipGenius 6.3.1.2552 - 'zgtips.dll' Local Stack Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
zipgenius	zipgenius	`6.3.1.2552`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.