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CVE-2010-1597

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1597 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in zgtips.dll within ZipGenius 6.3.1.2552. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted ZIP file containing an entry with an excessively long filename. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.3.1.2552CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zipgenius:zipgenius:6.3.1.2552:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-12326 · Apr 21, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1190 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

feeds.feedburner.com / zipgeniusnews
osvdb.org / 63971
secunia.com / advisories/39497
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58022
corelan.be / advisories.php
Exploit
corelan.be / index.php/forum/security-advisories/corelan-10-029-zipgenius-v6-3-1-2552-zgtips-dll-stack-buffer-overflow
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/12326
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/39622
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0966
Vendor Advisory