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TI-2006-04342 Aliases CVE-2006-4494GHSA-j5fh-hp66-hvgw

Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…

Priority MEDIUM 53Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Visual Studio 6.0 ActiveX COM Objects in Internet Explorer, including (1) tcprops.dll, (2) fp30wec.dll, (3) mdt2db.dll, (4) mdt2qd.dll, and (5) vi30aut.dll.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.22109 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-4494
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5fh-hp66-hvgw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-16266 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-03546 Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02381 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-00858 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-02389 Heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02388 Integer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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