CVE-2008-5044
N/A
Published: November 12, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows VistaWindows Server 2003
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threaded application that makes many calls to UnhookWindowsHookEx while certain other desktop activity is occurring.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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