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CVE-2006-5614

2.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
87.49%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

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: 10/31/2006
Modified: 4/23/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

2.6

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

87.49%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 87.49% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other