CVE-2006-5614 - 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

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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

Published Oct 31, 2006

2.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 79.58%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (8)

http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22592
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/30096
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2672
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22592		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/30096		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2672		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 31, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 30, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5614

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5614

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5614