CVE-2006-5614
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 79.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 79.6% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5599)
- Published
- October 31, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5599 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows nt helper components
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22592(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133
- http://www.osvdb.org/30096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2672
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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