CVE-2006-5614

low Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
88.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: October 31, 2006 (7135 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2, when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (svchost.exe crash) via a malformed DNS query, which results in a null pointer dereference.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft windows nt helper componentsmicrosoft windows xp

References

🔗 research.eeye.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com