CVE-2007-2536

PicoZip - Denial of Service via ZOO Archive Direntry Structure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-2536. PoCs published by Jean-Sébastien.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed ZOO archive file that triggers an infinite loop during decompression, leading to a denial-of-service condition. It constructs a ZOO header and directory entry with specific values to exploit the vulnerability.

Description

PicoZip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jean-Sébastien · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29949

This exploit generates a malformed ZOO archive file that triggers an infinite loop during decompression, leading to a denial-of-service condition. It constructs a ZOO header and directory entry with specific values to exploit the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Zoo 2.10 and other applications implementing the vulnerable algorithm
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver the malformed ZOO file to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34080
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/41751
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23823
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467646/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2680

Scores

EPSS 0.0854
EPSS Percentile 94.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
picozip/picozip 4.01
picozip/picozip 4.02
Published May 09, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026