CVE-2006-6133: Stack-based buffer overflow in Visual Studio Crystal Reports for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2002...

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is an old but serious file-handling flaw in Crystal Reports bundled with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, and 2005. If a user opens a malicious RPT report file, an attacker could run code on that user’s machine. No active exploitation is stated in the provided sources. Exposure is most likely in legacy Windows developer workstations, build images, or report-authoring systems that still have Visual Studio Crystal Reports for .NET 2002, 2003, or 2005 installed. Treat this as high priority only where legacy Crystal Reports tooling still exists. The business risk is code execution through malicious report files, but urgency depends on whether those outdated components remain in use. Mitigation focus: Apply Microsoft vendor guidance and updates referenced by MS07-052.; Remove unsupported Visual Studio Crystal Reports components where no longer needed.; Block or quarantine untrusted RPT files until affected systems are remediated..

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Jun 29, 2026, 09:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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