CVE-2006-4494

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio: 6.0, 6.0-sp1

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1473
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443499/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19572
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=15
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1473
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443499/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19572
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=15

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