CVE-2006-1043

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DataProject field in a (1) Visual Studio Database Project File (.dbp) or (2) Visual Studio Solution (.sln).

Published: 2006-03-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1043 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.40%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1043

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1555 exploit_db edb 2006-03-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1043

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 65.61% 22.40% -43.22%
2 2025-07-18 67.00% 65.61% -1.39%
3 2025-03-30 — 67.00% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1043

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1043

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1043

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_interdev 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_interdev:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1043

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