CVE-2006-5614
N/A
Published: October 31, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows Nt Helper Components
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 80%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
sp2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22592VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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