Denial of Service Vulnerability in Windows XP SP2 NAT Helper Components
CVE-2006-5614

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

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

What is CVE-2006-5614?

The NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) of Microsoft Windows XP SP2, specifically when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, are susceptible to a denial of service attack. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed DNS query, leading to a null pointer dereference that crashes the svchost.exe process. This disruption could significantly affect network connectivity for users relying on the affected product.

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

88% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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