diff --git a/docs/USAGE.md b/docs/USAGE.md
index 9666d43f..18249a87 100644
--- a/docs/USAGE.md
+++ b/docs/USAGE.md
@@ -472,3 +472,6 @@ await archive.WriteToDirectoryAsync(
 - Support for cancellation via CancellationToken
 - Better resource utilization in async/await contexts
 - Compatible with modern .NET async patterns
+## Malformed input and memory use
+
+ZIP64 end-record extensible data is skipped with bounded buffering. Invalid record sizes and truncated extensible data are rejected rather than driving allocations from the declared size.
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.Async.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.Async.cs
index 9e510688..df9e7cbe 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.Async.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.Async.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using SharpCompress.IO;
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@ internal partial class Zip64DirectoryEndHeader
 {
     internal override async ValueTask Read(AsyncBinaryReader reader)
     {
-        SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord = (long)await reader.ReadUInt64Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord = ValidateRecordSize(
+            await reader.ReadUInt64Async().ConfigureAwait(false)
+        );
         VersionMadeBy = await reader.ReadUInt16Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
         VersionNeededToExtract = await reader.ReadUInt16Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
         VolumeNumber = await reader.ReadUInt32Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -18,10 +21,14 @@ internal partial class Zip64DirectoryEndHeader
         DirectorySize = (long)await reader.ReadUInt64Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
         DirectoryStartOffsetRelativeToDisk = (long)
             await reader.ReadUInt64Async().ConfigureAwait(false);
-        var size = (int)(
-            SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord - SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS
-        );
-        DataSector = new byte[size];
-        await reader.ReadBytesAsync(DataSector, 0, size).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var remaining =
+            SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord - SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS;
+        var buffer = new byte[4096];
+        while (remaining > 0)
+        {
+            var size = (int)Math.Min(buffer.Length, remaining);
+            await reader.ReadBytesAsync(buffer, 0, size).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            remaining -= size;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.cs
index 3933b2e0..96d01637 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/Headers/Zip64DirectoryEndHeader.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Common.Zip.Headers;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ internal partial class Zip64DirectoryEndHeader : ZipHeader
 
     internal override void Read(BinaryReader reader)
     {
-        SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord = (long)reader.ReadUInt64();
+        SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord = ValidateRecordSize(reader.ReadUInt64());
         VersionMadeBy = reader.ReadUInt16();
         VersionNeededToExtract = reader.ReadUInt16();
         VolumeNumber = reader.ReadUInt32();
@@ -18,12 +19,31 @@ internal partial class Zip64DirectoryEndHeader : ZipHeader
         TotalNumberOfEntries = (long)reader.ReadUInt64();
         DirectorySize = (long)reader.ReadUInt64();
         DirectoryStartOffsetRelativeToDisk = (long)reader.ReadUInt64();
-        DataSector = reader.ReadBytes(
-            (int)(
-                SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord
-                - SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS
-            )
-        );
+        // Extensible data is not interpreted. Consume it without allocating from its declared size.
+        var remaining =
+            SizeOfDirectoryEndRecord - SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS;
+        var buffer = new byte[4096];
+        while (remaining > 0)
+        {
+            var read = reader.Read(buffer, 0, (int)Math.Min(buffer.Length, remaining));
+            if (read == 0)
+            {
+                throw new IncompleteArchiveException("Truncated ZIP64 extensible data.");
+            }
+            remaining -= read;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static long ValidateRecordSize(ulong size)
+    {
+        if (
+            size < SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS
+            || size > long.MaxValue
+        )
+        {
+            throw new InvalidFormatException("Invalid ZIP64 end record size.");
+        }
+        return (long)size;
     }
 
     private const int SIZE_OF_FIXED_HEADER_DATA_EXCEPT_SIGNATURE_AND_SIZE_FIELDS = 44;
@@ -45,6 +65,4 @@ internal partial class Zip64DirectoryEndHeader : ZipHeader
     public long DirectorySize { get; private set; }
 
     public long DirectoryStartOffsetRelativeToDisk { get; private set; }
-
-    public byte[]? DataSector { get; private set; }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64AllocationTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64AllocationTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48ed6024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64AllocationTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using SharpCompress.Common;
+using SharpCompress.Common.Zip.Headers;
+using SharpCompress.IO;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SharpCompress.Test.Zip;
+
+public class Zip64AllocationTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0UL)]
+    [InlineData(43UL)]
+    [InlineData(ulong.MaxValue)]
+    public async Task Zip64_Rejects_Invalid_Record_Size(ulong size)
+    {
+        using var stream = CreateRecord(size, 0);
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidFormatException>(() =>
+            new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new BinaryReader(stream))
+        );
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidFormatException>(async () =>
+            await new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new AsyncBinaryReader(stream))
+        );
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(44UL, 0)]
+    [InlineData(10044UL, 10000)]
+    public async Task Zip64_Skips_Extensible_Data_Exactly(ulong size, int payloadSize)
+    {
+        using var stream = CreateRecord(size, payloadSize);
+        new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new BinaryReader(stream));
+        Assert.Equal(stream.Length, stream.Position);
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        await new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new AsyncBinaryReader(stream));
+        Assert.Equal(stream.Length, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(2147483691UL)]
+    [InlineData(4294967340UL)]
+    public async Task Zip64_Rejects_Huge_Truncated_Extensible_Data(ulong size)
+    {
+        using var stream = CreateRecord(size, 1);
+        Assert.ThrowsAny<SharpCompressException>(() =>
+            new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new BinaryReader(stream))
+        );
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<SharpCompressException>(async () =>
+            await new Zip64DirectoryEndHeader().Read(new AsyncBinaryReader(stream))
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static MemoryStream CreateRecord(ulong size, int payloadSize)
+    {
+        var stream = new MemoryStream();
+        using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, true))
+        {
+            writer.Write(size);
+            writer.Write(new byte[44 + payloadSize]);
+        }
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        return stream;
+    }
+}