diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index e2aaf8bab4913d..08c83cfb760250 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def _EndRecData(fpin):
         fpin.seek(-sizeEndCentDir, 2)
     except OSError:
         return None
-    data = fpin.read()
+    data = fpin.read(sizeEndCentDir)
     if (len(data) == sizeEndCentDir and
         data[0:4] == stringEndArchive and
         data[-2:] == b"\000\000"):
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ def _EndRecData(fpin):
     # record signature. The comment is the last item in the ZIP file and may be
     # up to 64K long.  It is assumed that the "end of central directory" magic
     # number does not appear in the comment.
-    maxCommentStart = max(filesize - (1 << 16) - sizeEndCentDir, 0)
+    maxCommentStart = max(filesize - ZIP_MAX_COMMENT - sizeEndCentDir, 0)
     fpin.seek(maxCommentStart, 0)
-    data = fpin.read()
+    data = fpin.read(ZIP_MAX_COMMENT + sizeEndCentDir)
     start = data.rfind(stringEndArchive)
     if start >= 0:
         # found the magic number; attempt to unpack and interpret
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-23-02-24-50.gh-issue-120754.nHb5mG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-23-02-24-50.gh-issue-120754.nHb5mG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6c33e7b7ec7716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-23-02-24-50.gh-issue-120754.nHb5mG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update unbounded ``read`` calls in :mod:`zipfile` to specify an explicit ``size`` putting a limit on how much data they may read. This also updates handling around ZIP max comment size to match the standard instead of reading comments that are one byte too long.