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$ cve CVE-2006-5614 JSON

CVE-2006-5614 EXPLOIT

2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 79.5% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS2.6 (LOW, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS79.54% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-10-31
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows nt helper components
microsoftwindows xp

Public exploits

References

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