CVE-2006-5614
Microsoft Windows NT Helper Components - Denial of Service
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Exploits (3)
metasploit
WORKING POC
by MC · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/nat/nat_helper.rb
References (8)
Scores
EPSS
0.8842
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Classification
Status
draft
Affected Products (2)
microsoft/windows_nt_helper_components
microsoft/windows_xp
Timeline
Published
Oct 31, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026