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CVE-2006-5614
Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2, when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, allows remote…
Low2.6EPSS 79.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.6% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 22592 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20804 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2672 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1017133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- win-ipnathlp-dos(29917) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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