CVE-2006-5614

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Windows Nt Helper Components
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 October 2006

Summary

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.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22592
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804
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http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html
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EPSS Score

96% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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